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City of Westminster 1936

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Table: Table XX.Deaths of infants with no known address, or found in streets, parks, &c.:—

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Table XX.Deaths of infants with no known address, or found in streets, parks, &c.:—

CAUSES OF DEATH.	Under 1 Week.	1—2 Weeks.	2—3 Weeks.	3—4 Weeks.	Total under 4 Weeks.	4 Weeks and under 3 Months.	3 Months and under 6 Months.	6 Months and under 9 Months.	9 Months and under 12 Months.	Total Deaths under 1 Year.
Congenital defects	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
Neglect at birth	4	—	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	4
Murder	2	—	—	-	2	—	—	—	—	2
	7	—	—	—	7	—	—	—	—	7

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	Males.	Females.	Total
Legitimate	1	—	1
Illegitimate	—	6	6

Table: Table XXI.—Infant Mortality and Births in Wards. The following table shows the allocation of the nett births and infant deaths among the various wards in the City, together with the infantile mortality rate for the ward.

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Table XXI.—Infant Mortality and Births in Wards. The following table shows the allocation of the nett births and infant deaths among the various wards in the City, together with the infantile mortality rate for the ward.

Wards.	Population, 1931 Census.	Total Births, 1936.	Legitimate.	Illegitimate.	Total Infant Deaths, 1936.	Legitimate.	Illegitimate.	1936—Infant death rate per 1,000 births.
Wards.	Population, 1931 Census.	Total Births, 1936.	Legitimate.	Illegitimate.	Total Infant Deaths, 1936.	Legitimate.	Illegitimate.	Legitimate.	Illegitimate.	Total Rate.
Conduit	2,086	7	4	3	1	—	1	—	333.3	142.8
Grosvenor	13,318	47	43	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
Pall Mall	2,872	6	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Regent	4,047	19	15	4	1	1	—	66.6	—	52.6
Gt.Marlborough	3,331	13	12	1	1	1	—	83.3	—	76.9
St. Anne	5,405	39	29	10	2	2	—	68.9	—	51.2
Covent Garden	6,655	30	28	2	3	3	—	107.1	—	100.0
Charing Cross.	3,210	5	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Strand	2,052	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Victoria	36,955	431	376	55	29	25	4	66.5	72.7	67.2
K. St. George	11,445	75	66	9	7	6	1	90.9	111.1	93.3
Hamlet	6,461	36	37	5	1	1	—	32.2	—	27.7
St. Margaret	8,671	46	43	3	1	1	—	23.2	—	21.7
St. John	23,071	291	272	19	17	15	2	55.1	105.2	58.4
Homeless, etc.	—	18	—	18	7	1	6	—	333.3	388.8
Total	129,579	1,063	930	133	70	56	14	60.0	105.2	65.8

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These figures once again serve to illustrate the danger of making
general deductions from scanty data. In Conduit Ward with a
population as large as that of many country towns there were only 7

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Table: Table XX.Deaths of infants with no known address, or found in streets, parks, &c.:—

Table: Deaths of children unknown :—

Table: Table XXI.—Infant Mortality and Births in Wards. The following table shows the allocation of the nett births and infant deaths among the various wards in the City, together with the infantile mortality rate for the ward.

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Table: Table XX.Deaths of infants with no known address, or found in streets, parks, &amp;c.:—

Table: Deaths of children unknown :—

Table: Table XXI.—Infant Mortality and Births in Wards. The following table shows the allocation of the nett births and infant deaths among the various wards in the City, together with the infantile mortality rate for the ward.

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Table: Table XX.Deaths of infants with no known address, or found in streets, parks, &c.:—