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City of Westminster 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table XI shows nett deaths from various causes at several age periods during the first year of life in the City of Westminster:— Table XI.—Infant Mortality, 1927.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week | 1—2 Weeks. | 2—3 Weeks. | 3_4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3 Months and tinder 6 Months. | 6 Months and tinder 9 Months. | 9 Months and under 12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Influenza | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Diphtheria | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | — | I | _ | 2 |
| Measles | ||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | _ | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Sepsis | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Tuberculosis | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Meningitis | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 4 | I | 2 | 8 | |||||
| Gastroenteritis | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 17 | |||||
| Injury at birth | I | _ | _ | _ | i | — | _ | 1 | ||
| Neglect at birth | 5 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Murder | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Atelectasis | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Congenital malformations | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |||
| Premature birth | 22 | 3 | — | 2 | 27 | 1 | — | — | 28 | |
| Malnutrition, marasmus, debility from birth | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Accidents | ||||||||||
| Other causes | 4 | 1 | _ | — | 5 | — | — | _ | — | 5 |
| Syphilis | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 |
| Totals | 37 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 1.6 |
Table XII. Nett Births in the year-
| Males. | Females. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 638 | 617 | 1,255 |
| Illegitimate | 74 | 70 | 144 |
| 712 | 687 | 1,399 | |
| Nett Deaths in the year of— | |||
| Males. | Females. | Total. | |
| Legitimate infants | 44 | 37 | 81 |
| Illegitimate infants | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 52 | 44 | 96 | |
The causes of death of the Illegitimate were:—Neglect at birth 3,
prematurity 1, enteritis 5, br.-pneumonia 2, found drowned 1,
syphilis 2, and convulsions 1.