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City of Westminster 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table XX.

Deaths of infants with no known address, or found in streets, parks, dec.:—

CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.]—2 Weeks.2—3 Weeks.3—1 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.
Accidents111
Murder111
222

Deaths of children unknown :—

Males.Females.Total.
Legitimate
Illegitimate112

Table XXI.—Infant Moetality 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.1 Total Births, 1937.Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total Infant Deaths, 1937.Legitimate.Illegitimate.1937—Infant death rate per 1,000 births.
Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total Rate.
Conduit2,086743
Grosvenor13,31847371053281.0200106.3
Pall Mall2,8727431_1__333.3142.8
Regent4,04716124_______
Gfc.Marlborough3,3311210211_100_83.3
St. Anne5,40525187532166.6285.7200
Covent Garden6,6553938122__52.651.2
Charing Cross....3,210321
Strand2,05211________
Victoria36,955429377522318547.796.153.6
K. St. George....11,44576651132130.790.939.4
Hamlet6,46130273___
St. Margaret ....8,671464151__1__20021.7
St. John23,071266247191714356.5157.863.9
Homeless, etc.171722117.6117.6
Total129,5791,02188313860431748.6123.158.7