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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of Westminster 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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SUMMARY OF PARTICULARS REQUIRED BY THE MINISTRY
OF HEALTH.
1.—General Statistics.
Area (acres)—2,502.7.
Population (Census 1921)—141,578.
Population, June, 1928 (Registrar-General's Estimate)—130,000.
„ „ Civilian—125,800.
Number of Inhabited Houses (1921)—25,321.
Number of Families or Separate Occupiers (1921)—33,946.
Rateable value— £10,052,000 (March, 1930).
Sum represented by a penny rate— £40,300.
2.—Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year. Births—
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Birth-rate. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 606 | 584 | 1,190 | 10.4 |
| Illegitimate | 82 | 85 | 167 | |
| — | — | — | ||
| Totals | 688 | 669 | 1,357 |
Deaths—1,875. Death-rate—14.8.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth :—
Puerperal fever, 3 3.6 per 1 000 births.
From other causes, 2
Number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births—77 .37.
Legitimate rate, 69.7 ; Illegitimate rate, 131.7.
Number of deaths from measles (all ages)—4.
„ ,, diphtheria—8.
„ „ whooping cough (all ages)—19.
„ „ scarlet fever — —.
„ „ diarrhœa (under 2 years of age)—8.
„ ,, typhoid fever— —.
Other particulars asked for are given in the body of the Report.
A list of the staff of the Public Health Department is included in
the Report.