[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of] page 15

City of Westminster 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Among females the causes showing an increase were measles,
influenza, whooping cough, septic diseases, diabetes, alcoholism, circulatory,
respiratory and kidney diseases.
The distribution of deaths in the various wards of the City are
shown in the following table, and may be compared with the similar
figures during the four preceding years:—

Table: Table VII.

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Table VII.

	1925.			1926.			1927.			1928.			1929.
	M.	F.	Total.	M.	F.	Total.	M.	F.	Total.	M.	F.	Total.	M.	F.	Total
Conduit	11	4	15	–	5	5	4	–	4	4	4	8	4	3	7
Grosvenor	80	49	129	60	64	124	58	67	125	59	78	137	88	63	151
Hamlet	23	20	43	11	23	34	25	30	55	16	22	38	18	30	48
K. St. George	58	61	119	58	69	127	74	74	148	54	57	111	66	80	146
Victoria	275	305	580	236	252	488	245	286	531	231	226	457	249	292	541
St. Margaret	37	42	79	51	37	88	42	42	84	29	32	61	51	44	95
St. John	221	189	410	204	162	360	217	138	355	173	163	336	298	207	505
St. Anne	37	29	66	38	32	70	44	33	77	26	23	49	42	28	70
Gt, Marlborough	7	20	27	20	14	34	18	15	33	20	17	37	14	15	29
Pall Mall	19	7	26	22	8	30	21	9	30	31	7	38	35	6	41
Regent	27	21	48	25	18	43	35	20	55	25	12	37	26	24	50
Charing Cross	16	9	25	13	6	19	15	7	22	12	8	20	24	7	31
Covent Garden	31	28	59	39	39	78	29	35	64	35	29	64	39	41	80
Strand	60	3	63	56	6	62	52	5	57	46	10	56	36	5	41
Homeless	23	16	39	22	18	40	29	13	42	26	22	48	22	18	40

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Infantile Mortality.— The corrected death-rate of infants for Westminster
was 77.37 per 1,000 births. The mortality among legitimate
infants was 69.7 per 1,000; that of illegitimate 131.7. The infant
mortality rate for London was 70.
The number of infants dying under 1 year was 105, an increase of 25 on
the figure of last year and as the total number of births shows a decrease
of 13, the infantile mortality rate unfortunately has risen. The chief
contributory causes of death were pneumonia, prematurity, gastroenteritis
and whooping cough. Twenty-four of the 27 premature deaths
occurred before the fourth week of life.
Gastro-enteritis accounted for 10 deaths, 6 of the infants being over
four months old. Six of those occurred during July, August, and
September, and might be attributed to what is commonly called
"summer diarrhœa."

Table: Table VIII shows the deaths as they occurred during the four quarters of the last four years:— Table VIII.

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Table VIII shows the deaths as they occurred during the four quarters of the last four years:— Table VIII.

	Total 1929.	Total. 1928.	Total. 1927.	Total 1926.
	Total 1929.	Total. 1928.	Total. 1927.	Total 1926.	1st Quarter	40	21	29	30
2nd „	29	19	16	24
3rd „	18	21	26	25
4th „	18	19	25	17
	105	80	96	96

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Table: Table VII.

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Table: Table VIII shows the deaths as they occurred during the four quarters of the last four years:— Table VIII.