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City of Westminster 1947
[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 1947) 103,440
Number of Inhabited Houses (Census, 1931) 22,536
Rateable Value, March, 1948 £10,108,800
Births.
| Live Births— | Total. | Males. | Females. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 1,427 | 750 | 677 |
| Illegitimate | 167 | 84 | 83 |
| 1,594 | 834 | 760 |
Births notified—1,411.
| Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 15.4 |
| (Rate for London, 22.7 ; for England and Wales, 20.5) Number of stillbirths | 41 |
| Rate of stillbirths per 1,000 (live and still) births | 25.1 |
Deaths.
| Net deaths (males 581, females 554) | 1,135 |
| Death.rate per 1,000 of the est imated resident population (Rate for London, 12.8 ; for England and Wales, 12.0) | 11.0 |
| Deaths from puerperal causes | 1 |
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 0.61 |
| Deaths of infants under 1 year (males 24, females 29) | 53 |
| Death.rate of infants under 1 year— All infants per 1,000 live births | 33.2 |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 29.4 |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 65.9 |
| Rate for London for infants under 1 year | 37 |
| Deaths from measles (all ages) | Nil |
| ,, whooping cough | Nil |
| „ diarrhoea and enteritis | 10 |
| ,, cancer | 204 |