Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Although the number of infant deaths is less the rate is higher because
it is based on over one hundred fewer births—a decline in births of over
10 per cent.
Table XII shows the deaths as they occurred during the four
quarters of the last four years:—
Table XII.—Infantile Mortality.
Total 1932. | Total 1933. | Total 1934. | Total 1935. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st Quarter | 21 | 26 | 30 | 26 |
2nd ,, | 17 | 23 | 18 | 18 |
3rd „ | 22 | 11 | 11 | 14 |
4th „ | 16 | 15 | 18 | 17 |
76 | 75 | 77 | 75 |
Table XIII shows the births and deaths of infants, legitimate and
illegitimate, since 1908 onwards, with the corresponding infantile
mortality rates for Westminster and for London:—
Table XIII.—Infantile Mortality since 1908.
Year. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. | Total Rate, Westminster. | Total Rate, London. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Births. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000 Births. | Births. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000 Births. | |||
1908 | 2,739 | 266 | 97 | 174 | 34 | 155 | 100 | 113 |
1909 | 2,548 | 232 | 91 | 203 | 27 | 128 | 93 | 108 |
1910 | 2,399 | 189 | 78 | 193 | 26 | 129 | 82 | 103 |
1911 | 2,195 | 210 | 95 | 166 | 25 | 198 | 103 | 129 |
1912 | 2,194 | 168 | 76 | 155 | 33 | 174 | 83 | 91 |
1913 | 2,057 | 184 | 89 | 176 | 27 | 164 | 95 | 105 |
1914 | 1,995 | 147 | 73 | 162 | 29 | 148 | 79 | 104 |
1915 | 1,798 | 141 | 78 | 181 | 24 | 225 | 92 | 112 |
1916 | 1,632 | 110 | 68 | 178 | 41 | 230 | 83.4 | 89 |
1917 | 1,348 | 112 | 83 | 196 | 41 | 239 | 103.6 | 104 |
1918 | 1,234 | 112 | 86.6 | 225 | 48 | 155 | 100 | 108 |
1919 | 1,383 | 99 | 71.5 | 217 | 36 | 188 | 87.5 | 85 |
1920 | 2,047 | 123 | 60 | 219 | 41 | 200 | 73.6 | 76 |
1921 | 1,729 | 117 | 67.7 | 190 | 44 | 194 | 80.2 | 80 |
1922 | 1,703 | 84 | 49.3 | 199 | 37 | 100 | 54.6 | 74 |
1923 | 1,582 | 68 | 42.9 | 176 | 20 | 85.7 | 47.2 | 60 |
1924 | 1,489 | 82 | 55.0 | 138 | 15 | 101.4 | 59.0 | 69 |
1925 | 1,418 | 88 | 62.0 | 117 | 14 | 153.8 | 69.0 | 67 |
1926 | 1,449 | 76 | 52.4 | 157 | 18 | 127.3 | 59.7 | 64 |
1927 | 1,255 | 81 | 64.5 | 144 | 20 | 104.1 | 68.6 | 59 |
1928 | 1,220 | 65 | 53.2 | 150 | 15 | 100.0 | 58.39 | 67 |
1929 | 1,190 | 83 | 67.7 | 167 | 15 | 131.7 | 77.37 | 70 |
1930 | 1,202 | 52 | 43.2 | 166 | 22 | 174.6 | 59.21 | 59 |
1931 | 1,063 | 74 | 69.6 | 148 | 29 | 114.8 | 75.1 | 65 |
1932 | 1,020 | 50 | 49.0 | 132 | 17 | 196.9 | 65.9 | 66 |
1933 | 970 | 54 | 55.6 | 129 | 26 | 162.7 | 68 | 59 |
1934 | 1,015 | 56 | 55.1 | 151 | 21 | 139 | 66 | 67 |
1935 | 913 | 54 | 59.1 | 129 | 21 | 162-7 | 72 | 58 |