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1967 total of live births was 3,550 (1,767 males; 1,783 females), and the live birth rate 13.71 which
when standardized was 10.56. The comparable figures for Greater London and England and Wales
for 1968 were 16.4 and 16.9 and for 1967 17.0 and 17.2 respectively.
Illegitimate live births numbered 531 (282 males; 249 females), representing 16.69 per cent, of
the total live births, compared with 11.5 per cent, for Greater London, 15.5 per cent, for Inner
London, and 8.4 per cent, for England and Wales. The total illegitimate live births in 1967 was 668
(341 males and 327 females) which represented 18.82 of the total live births, compared with 11.4
per cent, for Greater London, 15.3 per cent, for Inner London and 8.4 per cent, for England and
Wales.
Stillbirths totalled 40, representing a rate of 12.42 per 1,000 total live and stillbirths, compared
with 13.5 for Greater London and 14.3 for England and Wales. In 1967 there were 33 stillbirths, which
represented a rate of 9.21 per 1,000 total live and stillbirths, and the rate for Greater London and
England and Wales was 13.3 and 14.8 respectively.
Deaths
The total number of deaths shown in Table 1, page 78, includes persons who, though normally
resident in Westminster, died elsewhere in England and Wales but excludes persons who, though
they died in the City, were ordinarily resident in other parts of England and Wales. Deaths of persons
ordinarily resident outside the borders of England and Wales are included in the figures if they
occurred in the City, as also are those of members of H.M. Forces who were stationed in the area.
Deaths registered in 1968 numbered 2,822 equivalent to 11.57 per 1,000 which when standardized
by the comparability factor, gives a figure of 12.15. In 1967 there were 2,794 deaths (10.79 per
1,000) and the standardized rate was 11.33. The comparable rates for Greater London and for
England and Wales for 1968 were 11.6 and 11.9 and for 1967 10.8 and 11.2 respectively.
Accidental Deaths
During the year, 95 residents died from accidents of all kinds, including 38 motor vehicle
accidents. In 1967 the figures were 102 and 23 respectively.
Infant Mortality
Deaths of infants under one year totalled 49 (41 legitimate; 8 illegitimate), giving a rate of 15.41
per 1,000 live births. The total for 1967 was 75 (52 legitimate; 23 illegitimate), and the rate was
21.13 per 1,000 live births. The rate for England and Wales for 1968 was 18.0 per 1,000 and for
Greater London 18.6, compared with the 1967 rates of 18.3 and 18.4 respectively.
Details showing causes of death according to age group and sex are given in Table 2, page 79.
Of the 49 (75) infant deaths, 34 (44) were under four weeks old, giving a neo-natal mortality
rate of 10.69 (12.39) per 1,000 live births. The neo-natal mortality rate for England and Wales was
12.3 (12.5) and for Greater London 12.8 (12.9). The early neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under
one week per 1,000 total live births) was 9.75 (10.99). (England and Wales 10.5 (10.8); Greater
London 11.4 (11.1)) and the peri-natal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under one week
combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) was 22.05 (20.09). (England and Wales 25.0 (25.4);
Greater London 24.7 (24.2)).

(*Excluding deaths due to abortion.)