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City of Westminster 1936

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births, 3 of which were illegitimate. The four born in wedlock
survived, but one of those born outside it died and the resulting infant
mortality rate is 142.8 If that poor child had survived the infant
mortality rate would have been nil!
The following table is inserted by courtesy of the Medical Officer of
Health for Poplar, by whom the figures were compiled.

Table: Table XXII.—Birth and Death Rates in Metropolitan Boroughsfor 1936.

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Table XXII.—Birth and Death Rates in Metropolitan Boroughsfor 1936.

Cities and Borough.	Est. Resident Population (mid-1936).	Live Births rate per 1,000 Population.	Death rate per 1,000 Population.		Infantile Mortality rate per 1,000 Live Births.
Cities and Borough.	Est. Resident Population (mid-1936).	Live Births rate per 1,000 Population.	Crude.	Adjusted.	Infantile Mortality rate per 1,000 Live Births.
W eat Districts—
Paddington	139,200	13.8	12.98	12.81	72
Kensington	176,100	12.7	12.5	11.7	73
Hammersmith	127,700	15.1	12.5	12.9	60
Fulham	141,300	14.9	12.6	12.7	64
Chelsea	56,500	11.3	13.7	11.6	53
City of Westminster	124,100	8.5	11.9	12.2	65.8
North Districts—
St. Marylebone	92,400	9.8	12.6	12.5	75
Hampstead	90,700	10.4	10.2	9.6	65.8
St. Paneras	183,900	13	13.5	13.8	79
Islington	304,100	15.24	12.44	12.56	61
Stoke Newington	50,350	13.7	11.4	10.9	44.6
Haokney	209,100	14.4	12	12.6	62.9
Central Districts—
Holborn	34,850	8.29	11.99	12.83	62
Finsbury	60,800	13.8	14	15.3	81
City of London	9,100	7.5	11.4	12.65	147
East Districts—
Shoreditch	85,400	14.9	12.8	14.1	75
Bethnal Green	96,900	13.5	12.7	14.3	98
Stepney	207,800	14.7	12.6	14.7	100.09
Poplar	140,300	15	12.5	13.8	72
South Districts—
Southwark	152,200	14.8	13.1		59
Bermondsey	100,400	15.4	12.8	14.6	60
Lambeth	277,500	13.9	12.5	12.4	59
Battersea	145,500	14.63	13.06	12.93	59.21
Wandsworth	343,000	11.46	11.79	10.96	58
Camberwell	229,300	13.93	12.64	12.64	58.86
Deptford	98,900	15.7	12.2	12.6	50
Greenwich	95,900	13.82	11.36	11.58	49
Lewisham	224,000	13	10.8	10.9	55
Woolwich	146,500	13.8	11.2	11.8	59

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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
the City. Some of the residents are permanent in so far that they have
been resident in the Public Assistance institutions for perhaps thirty

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Table: Table XXII.—Birth and Death Rates in Metropolitan Boroughsfor 1936.

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