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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 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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| Ages at Death. | Total. | Conduit. | Grosvenor. | Hamlet of Knightsbridge. | Knightsbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | St. Anne. | Great Marlborough. | Pall Mall. | Regent. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden | Strand. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
| Under 1 year of age | 43 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Over 65 years | 69 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | — | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
Infant mortality in London was equal to 127 deaths per 1,000 births registered, in
Westminster the rate was 167 per 1,000.
(e) 14 deaths were due to violence, and 10 of them were ascribed to negligence or
accident. Inquests were held on the bodies of 22 citizens.
3. Notifiable Diseases.—83 cases of Infectious Disease were notified in the City in March, as compared with 59 in the previous four weeks. They were distributed as follows :—
| Notifiable Diseases. | Total. | Conduit. | Grosvenor. | Hamlet of Knightsbridge. | Knightsbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | St. Anne. | Great Marlborough. | Pall Mall | Regent. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 42 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | I | 6 | — |
| Diphtheria | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 10 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
39 of the Scarlet Fever, 20 of the Diphtheria, 6 of the Enteric, and 1 of the Erysipelas
cases were treated in Hospital.
Two cases notified as Diphtheria was reported not to be so.
The number of notifications of infectious disease in the last five weeks, and in the corresponding period of 1902, were :—
| Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In London | 1903 | 13 | 1,212 | 821 | 135 | 385 | 18 |
| ,, | 1902 | 2,002 | 1,528 | 1,062 | 149 | 395 | 23 |
| In Westminster | 1903 | 0 | 42 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| ,, | 1902 | 38 | 32 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 0 |