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City of Westminster 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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The difference in the death rate of infants as between Victoria and
St. John is also remarkable. The type of population is not exactly
similar. In the latter area there are more settled families whose parents
and even grand parents in many cases have resided in the district. In the
former there is a larger floating population, strangers from distant parts
of the country seeking employment who perhaps during only a few weeks
residence are quite unacquainted with the local health services and whose
young children therefore do not come under medical supervision.
The following table is inserted by courtesy of the Medical Officer of
Health for Poplar, by whom the figures were compiled.
Table XXII.—Birth and Death Rates in Metropolitan Boroughs for 1935.
| Cities and Borough. | Est. Resident Population (mid-1935). | Live Births rate per 1,000 Population. | Death rate per 1,000 Population. | Infantile Mortality rate per 1,000 Live Births. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude. | Adjusted. | ||||
| Paddington | 138,000 | 14.17 | 12.08 | 11.95 | 71 |
| Kensington | 178,300 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 11.3 | 79 |
| Hammersmith | 128,100 | 14.7 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 70 |
| Fulham | 143,600 | 13.8 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 51 |
| Chelsea | 57,320 | 10.2 | 12.6 | 10.7 | 59.6 |
| City of Westminster | 124,400 | 8.3 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 72 |
| St. Marylebone | 92,200 | 9.72 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 55 |
| Hampstead | 90,600 | 11.02 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 49 |
| St. Pancras | 185,300 | 13.3 | 11.97 | 12.2 | 62.8 |
| Islington | 308,170 | 14.85 | – | 10.99 | 52 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,210 | 13.9 | 11.1 | 10.6 | 51 |
| Haekney | 210,600 | 14.0 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 47.6 |
| Holborn | 35,400 | 7.65 | 11.9 | 12.7 | 89 |
| Finsbury | 63,100 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 13.7 | 59 |
| City of London | 9,360 | 7.6 | 11.0 | 12.2 | 113 |
| Shoreditch | 88,400 | 14.6 | 11.3 | 12.4 | 52 |
| Bethnal Green | 99,910 | 14.4 | 10.3 | 11.6 | 51 |
| Stepney | 211,500 | 14.3 | 11.3 | 12.8 | 63 |
| Poplar | 143,700 | 15.4 | 11.0 | 12.3 | 46 |
| Southwark | 156,100 | 14.8 | – | 12.4 | 66 |
| Bermondsey | 102,700 | 14.5 | 11.7 | 13.3 | 69 |
| Lambeth | 279,900 | 13.65 | 12.15 | 12.02 | 59 |
| Battersea | 148,200 | 14.2 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 65.11 |
| Wandsworth | 343,300 | 11.03 | 11.00 | 10.23 | 55 |
| Camberwell | 234,400 | 13.4 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 60 |
| Deptford | 99,500 | 14.4 | 11.1 | 11.5 | 52 |
| Greenwich | 96,600 | 13.87 | 10.83 | 11.04 | 59 |
| Lewisham | 223,000 | 12.5 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 43 |
| Woolwich | 146,400 | 14.0 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 44 |
Common Lodging House Deaths.
Reference has been made in former reports to the shifting population
which inhabits the five common lodging houses which are licensed in