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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 1953
[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, 1953) | 99,380 |
| Number of inhabited houses (Census, 1951) | 27,349 |
| Rateable Value | £11,226,000 |
Births.
| Live Births (registered)— | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | Males. | Females. | |
| Legitimate | 1,080 | 537 | 543 |
| Illegitimate | 143 | 77 | 66 |
| 1,223 | 614 | 609 | |
| Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 12.3 | ||
| (Rate for London, 17.5; for England and Wales, 15.5) Number of stillbirths (males, 20; females, 11) | 31 | ||
| Rate of stillbirths per 1,000 (live and still) births | 24.72 | ||
| Deaths. | |||
| Net deaths (males, 562; females, 456) | 1,018 | ||
| Death.rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population (Rate for London, 12.5; for England and Wales, 11.4) | 10.204 | ||
| Deaths from puerperal causes | Nil | ||
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | Nil | ||
| Deaths of infants under 1 year (males, 21 ; females, 11) | 32 | ||
| Death.rate of infants under 1 year— | |||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 26.16 | ||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 22.22 | ||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 55.94 | ||
| Rate for London for infants under 1 year | 24.8 | ||
| Deaths (all ages) from measles | Nil | ||
| ,, ,, whooping cough | Nil | ||
| ,, ,, gastritis, diarrhoea and enteritis | Nil | ||
| „ ,, cancer | 209 | ||