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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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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STASTISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
| 1968 | 1967 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (where applicable) | ||||||
| Area (acres) | 5,334 | |||||
| Population (Registrar General's Estimate, mid-year 1968) | 24 | 3,960 | 258,930 | |||
| Population, Census, 1961 | 271,703 | |||||
| Domestic rateable hereditaments | 86,170 | 86,030 | ||||
| Rateable Value (at 1st April, 1968) | £107,424,973 | £106,190,459 | ||||
| BIRTHS | ||||||
| Live Births (registered)— | ||||||
| Legitimate | 2,649 | 2,882 | 1,337 | 1,426 | 1,312 | 1,456 |
| Illegitimate | 531 | 668 | 282 | 341 | 249 | 327 |
| 3,180 | 3,550 | 1,619 | 1,767 | 1,561 | 1,783 | |
| Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population | 13.03 | 13.71 | ||||
| Area Comparability Factor—Births: 0.74 Birth rate (adjusted) (Rate for England and Wales, 16.9) | 9.64 | 10.56 | ||||
| Stillbirths (legitimate—males 14; females 18; illegitimate—males 3; females 5) | 40 | 33 | ||||
| Rate of stillbirths per 1,000 (live and still) births | 12.42 | 9.21 | ||||
| Total live and stillbirths | 3,220 | 3,583 | ||||
| Illegitimate live births per cent, of total live births | 16.69 | 18.82 | ||||
| Premature births notified (live 250 (289); still 22 (14)) | 272 | 303 | ||||
| DEATHS | ||||||
| Net deaths (males 1,446; females 1,376) | 2,822 | 2,794 | ||||
| Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 11.57 | 10.79 | ||||
| Area Comparability Factor—Deaths: 1.05 | ||||||
| Death rate (adjusted) (Rate for England and Wales, 11.9) | 12.15 | 11.33 | ||||
| Deaths arising from pregnancy, childbirth, and abortion | Nil | 1 | ||||
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | — | 0.28 | ||||
| Deaths of infants under one year (legitimate—males 25; females 16; illegitimate—males 3; females 5) | 49 | 75 | ||||
| Death rate of infants under one year— | ||||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births .. | 15.41 | 21.13 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 15.48 | 18.04 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 15.06 | 34.43 | ||||
| Neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under four weeks per 1,000 total live births) | 10.69 | 12.39 | ||||
| Early neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under one week per 1,000 total live births) | 9.75 | 10.99 | ||||
| Peri-natal mortality rate (stillbirths plus deaths under one week per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) | 22.05 | 20.09 | ||||
Births
The total of live births registered during the year was 3,180 (1,619 males; 1,561 females), giving
a live birth rate of 13.03 per 1,000 of population, equivalent to a standardized rate of 9.64. The