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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of Westminster 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table IX.—Deaths According to Wards.
| - | 1934. | 1935. | 1936. | 1937. | 1938. | Death rate for ward per 1,000 population | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | ||
| Conduit | - | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 7.6 |
| Grosvenor | 64 | 61 | 125 | 61 | 57 | 118 | 60 | 53 | 113 | 66 | 61 | 127 | 63 | 61 | 124 | 9.3 |
| Hamelt | 12 | 24 | 36 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 28 | 27 | 55 | 30 | 24 | 54 | 8.3 |
| K. st. George | 60 | 61 | 121 | 45 | 70 | 115 | 42 | 55 | 97 | 66 | 59 | 125 | 52 | 33 | 85 | 7.4 |
| Victoria | 224 | 235 | 459 | 226 | 240 | 466 | 209 | 276 | 485 | 234 | 235 | 469 | 184 | 191 | 375 | 10.1 |
| St. Margaret | 43 | 40 | 83 | 39 | 34 | 73 | 49 | 42 | 91 | 46 | 45 | 91 | 32 | 43 | 8.6 | |
| St. John | 183 | 144 | 327 | 190 | 147 | 337 | 184 | 137 | 321 | 142 | 144 | 286 | 151 | 150 | 301 | 13.0 |
| St. Anne Great | 27 | 34 | 61 | 24 | 31 | 55 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 28 | 23 | 51 | 32 | 26 | 58 | 10.7 |
| Marlborough | 12 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 4.5 |
| Pall Mall | 22 | 10 | 32 | 21 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 31 | 10.7 |
| Regent | 16 | 25 | 41 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 7.9 |
| Charing Cross | 17 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 7.4 |
| Govent Garden | 24 | 31 | 55 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 24 | 31 | 55 | 28 | 33 | 61 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 6.7 |
| Strand | 32 | 3 | 35 | 28 | 5 | 33 | 42 | 4 | 46 | 35 | 1 | 36 | 34 | 1 | 35 | 17.0 |
| Homeless | 20 | 15 | 35 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 4 | 30 | - |
Infantile Mortality.—The corrected death-rate of infants for Westminster
was 54.9 per 1,000 births. The mortality among legitimate
infants was 45.5 per 1,000; that of illegitimate 115.9. The infant
mortality rate for London was 57.
The number of infants dying under 1 year was 57, a decrease of 3 on
the figure of last year. The chief contributory causes of death were
want of attention at birth, congenital defects, prematurity, bronchopneumonia,
and affections of the stomach and bowels.
Table X shows the deaths as they occurred during the four
quarters of the last four years:—
Table X.—Infantile Mortality.
| Total 1935. | Total 1936. | Total 1937. | Total 1938. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter | 26 | 22 | 17 | 16 |
| 2nd „ | 18 | 17 | 14 | 11 |
| 3rd „ | 14 | 19 | 13 | 16 |
| 4th „ | 17 | 12 | 16 | 14 |
| 75 | 70 | 60 | 57 |
Table XI shows the births and deaths of infants, legitimate and
illegitimate, since 1911 onwards, with the corresponding infantile
mortality rates for Westminster and for London.
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