Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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, mid-year, 1949) | 102,160 |
„ „ „ at 31st December, 1949 | 102.800 |
Number of inhabited houses (Census, 1931) | 22.536 |
Rateable Value, March, 1950 | £10,699.200 |
Births.
Live Births (registered)- | |||
Legitimate | 1,110 | 567 | 543 |
Illegitimate | 136 | 76 | 60 |
1,246 | 643 | 603 |
Births Notified-1,246.
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population (Rate for London, 18.5; for England and Wales, 16.7) | 12.2 |
Number of stillbirths (males, 18; females, 6) | 24 |
Rate of stillbirths per 1,000 (live and still) births | 18.9 |
Deaths.
Net deaths (males, 563 ; females, 550) | 1,113 |
Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population (Rate for London, 12.2; for England and Wales, 11.7) | 10.9 |
Deaths from puerperal causes | 2 |
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 1.6 |
Deaths of infants under 1 year (males, 20; females, 22) | 42 |
Death-rate of infants under 1 year:— | |
All infants per 1,000 live births | 33.7 |
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 33.3 |
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 36.8 |
Rate for London for infants under 1 year | 29 |
Deaths (all ages) from measles | — |
„ ,, whooping cough ... | 1 |
„ ,, diarrhoea and enteritis | 5 |
„ „ cancer | 218 |