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City of Westminster 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Still.births.—56 still.born children were notified during the year,
40 of this number being born to non.residents of Westminster. The
corresponding figure for 1931 was 53. Under the Births and Deaths
Registration Act, 1926, which came into force on 1st July, 1927, all stillbirths
must be registered.
Still.births Inward Outward
Registered. Transfers. Transfers.
Total Legitimate and Males 44 9 29
Illegitimate Females 19 10 14
Males 3 3 3
Illegitimate Females 3 1 3
A statement showing the number of cases of certain infectious diseases in the City during the 52 weeks ended 31st December, 1932:—
| Westminster, City of, Met. B. | Number of Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified (Civilians). | Smallpox. | Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric fever. | Puerperal pyrexia. | Puerperal fever. | Erysipelas. |
| 3 | 213 | 84 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 49 |
(The case rates of these diseases for England and Wales per 1,000 living are respectively
as follows:—Smallpox, 0.05 ; scarlet fever, 2.12 ; diphtheria, 1.08 ; enteiic fever, 0.06;
puerperal pyrexia, 0.14 ; puerperal fever, 0.05 ; and erysipelas, 0.36.)
The preceding unnumbered death table and the figures in respect of
registered still.births are those supplied by the Registrar General and
inserted at the request of the Ministry of Health. Neither the
statistics relating to deaths, nor those relating to infectious disease,
correspond closely to the figures compiled by the Medical Officer of
Health. In the former case a different system of tabulation is employed,
while in the latter allowance is made for cases cancelled because of
revised diagnosis. 26 cases of Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever were
discharged from hospital owing to incorrect diagnosis during 1932.