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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
| Area (acres): 2,502.7 | |
| population (Registrar General's Estimate 194b) | 90,110 |
| Number of inhabited houses (Census 1931) | |
| Rateable value, March, 1947 | £10,050,000 |
BIRTHS
| Live Births | Total | Males | Females |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 1,143 | 616 | 527 |
| Illegitimate | 218 | 118 | 100 |
| 1,361 | '734 | 627 |
Births notified .... 1,343
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 15.1
Rate for London; 21.5; For England & Wales: 19.1
Number of Stillbirths 32
Rato of Stillbirths per 1,000 (live and still) births ... ... 23.0
The birth rate for 1946 has again risen substantially. Last year it was
12.8, with an estimated population of 72,350. In 1935 it was 3.3 when the
Registrar General's estimate of population for 1935 was 124,400, his estimate
for 1946 is only 90,110.
DEATHS
| Net deaths 1,020 (males 568, females 452) Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population: 11.3 (Rate for London: 12.7; for England & Wales: 11.5) | |
| Deaths from puerperal causes | 1 |
| (Rate per 1,060 total (live .nd still) births | .72 |
| Deaths of inf-unts under 1 year 55 (males 36; females 19) Death rate of infants under 1 year: | |
| All infants per 3.,000 live births | 40,4 |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 30.6 |
| Illegitimate infants par 1,000 illegitimate live births | 91.7 |
| Rate London | 41 |
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | Nil |
| " " whooping cough | Nil |
| " " diarrhoea | Nil |
| " " cancer | 168 |
INFANT MORTALITY - Causer of Death
| Total | Legitimate | Illegitimate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 5 | 5 | - |
| Congenital malformation, Prematurity and other neo-natal causes | 28 | 20 | 8 |
| Want of attention | 5 | - | 5 |
| Broncho-pneumonia | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| Accident | 2 | - | 2 |
| Other causes | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Syphilis | - | 1 | |
| Whooping cough | - | – | – |
| 55 | 35 | 20 |