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, 1959) | 94,640 |
Number of inhabited houses (Census, 1951) | 27,349 |
Rateable Value (at 1st April, 1959) | £20,529,639 |
BIRTHS
Live Births (registered)—
Total. | Males. | Females. | |
---|---|---|---|
Legitimate | 854 | 453 | 401 |
Illegitimate | 102 | 54 | 48 |
956 | 507 | 449 | |
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population (Rate for England and Wales, 16.5) | 10.10 | ||
Number of stillbirths (males, 10; females, 9) | 19 | ||
Rate of stillbirths per 1,000 (live and still) births | 19.48 | ||
Total live and still births | 975 | ||
Illegitimate live births per cent, of total live births | 10.66 |
DEATHS
Net deaths (males, 552; females, 460) | 1,012 |
Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 10.69 |
(Rate for England and Wales, 11.6) | |
Deaths from causes associated with child bearing | 1 |
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 1 |
Deaths of infants under 1 year (males, 13; females, 6) | 19 |
Death-rate of infants under 1 year— All infants per 1,000 live births | 19.87 |
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 21.07 |
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 9.80 |
Neonatal mortality | 13.59 |
Deaths (all ages) from measles | Nil |
„ „ whooping cough | Nil |
„ ,, gastritis, diarrhoea and enteritis | 7 |
,, „ cancer | 227 |