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City of Westminster 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS

STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS

Area (acres)2,503.9
Population (Registrar General's Estimate, mid-year, 1964)85,840
Population, Census, 196185,735
Number of private dwellings (Census, 1961)30,801
Rateable Value (at 1st April, 1964)£69,840,971

Table: Births Live Births (registered)—

Births Live Births (registered)—

Total.Males.Females.
Legitimate865440425
Illegitimate1537875
1,018518500
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population11.85
Area Comparability Factor—Births: 0.83
Birth rate (adjusted)9.83
(Rate for England and Wales, 18.4)
Number of stillbirths (males, 15; females, 8)23
Rate of stillbirths per 1,000 (live and still) births22.09
Total live and stillbirths1,041
Illegitimate live births per cent. of total live births15.03

Table: Deaths

Deaths

Net deaths (males 498; females, 406)904
Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population10.53
Area Comparability Factor—Deaths: 1.0
Death rate (adjusted)10.53
(Rate for England and Wales, 11.3)
Deaths arising from pregnancy, childbirth, abortion1
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births0.96
Deaths of infants under 1 year (males, 12; females, 11)23
Death-rate of infants under 1 year—
All infants per 1,000 live births22.59
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births21.96
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births26.14
Neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000
total live births)14.73
Early neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under 1 week per
1,000 total live births)14.73
Perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths plus deaths under 1 week
per 1,000 total live and stillbirths)36.50