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City of Westminster 1957
[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, 1957) 95,930
Number of inhabited houses (Census, 1951) 27,349
Rateable Value (at 1st April, 1957)£19,891,026
Births.
| Live Births (registered)— | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | Males. | Females. | |
| Legitimate | 949 | 460 | 489 |
| Illegitimate | 107 | 55 | 52 |
| 1,056 | 515 | 541 | |
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 11.01
(Rate for England and Wales, 16.1)
Number of stillbirths (males, 16, females, 10) 26
Rate of stillbirths per 1,000 (live and still) births 24.03
Deaths.
Net deaths (males, 497; females, 428) 925
Death.rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 9.64
(Rate for England and Wales, 11.5)
Deaths from puerperal causes 1
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births .92
Deaths of infants under 1 year (males, 14; females, 9) 23
Death.rate of infants under 1 year.
All infants per 1,000 live births 21.78
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 16.85
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 65.42
Deaths (all ages) from measles Nil
,, ,, whooping cough Nil
,, M gastritis, diarrhoea and enteritis 8
,, „ cancer 204