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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 1952
[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, 1952) | 100,800 |
| Number of inhabited houses (Census, 1931) | 22,536 |
| Rateable Value | £11,148,000 |
| Total. | Males. | Females. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 1,107 | 547 | 560 |
| Illegitimate | 136 | 72 | 64 |
| 1,243 | 619 | 624 |
Births Notified—1,226.
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 12.33
(Rate for London, 17.6; for England and Wales, 15.3)
Number of stillbirths (males, 14; females, 13) 27
Rate of stillbirths per 1,000 (live and still) births 21.26
Deaths.
Net deaths (males, 594; females, 501) 1,095
Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 10.86
(Rate for London, 12.6; for England and Wales, 11.3)
Deaths from puerperal causes 1
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 0.78
Deaths of infants under 1 year (males, 16; females, 15) 31
Death-rate of infants under 1 year-
All infants per 1,000 live births 24.93
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 20.77
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 58.82
Rate for London for infants under 1 year 23.8
Deaths (all ages) from measles 1
,, „ whooping cough Nil
„ „ gastritis, diarrhoea and enteritis 11
,, „ cancer 238