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City of Westminster 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
| Area (acres) | 2,503.9 |
| Population (Registrar General's Estimate, mid-year, 1963) | 86,550 |
| Population, Census, 1961 | 85,735 |
| Number of private dwellings (Census, 1961) | 30,801 |
| Rateable Value (at 1st April, 1963) | £68,850,000 |
Births
Live Births (registered)—
| Total. | Males. | Females. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 929 | 443 | 486 |
| Illegitimate | 160 | 85 | 75 |
| 1,089 | 528 | 561 |
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 12.58
Area Comparability Factor—Births: 0.83
Birth rate (adjusted) 10.44
(Rate for England and Wales, 18.2)
Number of stillbirths (males, 7; females, 9) 16
Rate of stillbirths per 1,000 (live and still) births 14.48
Total live and stillbirths 1,105
Illegitimate live births per cent. of total live births 14.69
Deaths
| Net deaths (males 565; females, 489) | 1,054 |
| Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 12.18 |
| Area Comparability Factor—Deaths: 1.0 Death rate (adjusted) | 12.18 |
| (Rate for England and Wales, 12.2) Deaths arising from pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | Nil |
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | — |
| Deaths of infants under 1 year (males, 14; females, 11) | 25 |
| Death-rate of infants under 1 year— All infants per 1,000 live births | 22.95 |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 22.60 |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 25.00 |
| Neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000 total live births) | 17.44 |
| Early neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under 1 week per 1,000 total live births) | 16.53 |
| Perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths plus deaths under 1 week per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) | 30.77 |
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