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City of Westminster 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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The causes of death in each year are given, together with the relative
proportion each group bears to the whole of the infant deaths.
Statistics of Dwellers in Block Dwellings.—These are set out in
Table VIII.
A comparison of the births and deaths in the Council's Buildings in
Regency Street during the last seven years is given below.
A comparison of the births and deaths in the Council's Buildings in Regency Street during the last seven years is given below.
| Year. | Population. | Births. | Rate. | Deaths at all ages. | Rate. | Deaths of Infants under one per 1,000 births. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | 1,138 | 57 | 50.0 | 23 | 20.2 | 140 |
| 1906 | 1,150 | 63 | 54.7 | 16 | 13.9 | 111 |
| 1907 | 1,163 | 60 | 51.6 | 18 | 15.5 | 116 |
| 1908 | 1,155 | 50 | 43.2 | 10 | 8.6 | 120 |
| 1909 | 1,156 | 44 | 38.0 | 12 | 10.3 | 99 |
| 1910 | 1,120 | 37 | 33.0 | 8 | 7.1 | 108 |
| 1911 | 1,063 | 37 | 34.8 | 19 | 17.8 | 81 |
The 19 deaths included five of old people.
Statistics relating to the various dwellings of the Peabody Trust in Westminster have been got out for the ten years 1901-1910. I subjoin a general summary.
| Years. | Population. | Birth rate. | Death rate. | Deaths under 1 per 1,000 births. | Deaths from Diarrhœa, | Deaths from Phthisis. | Other Tuberculosis. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peabody Avenue | 1901-5 | 2,086 | 33.87 | 13.71 | 141 | 0.67 | 1.34 | 0.38 |
| 1906-10 | 2,062 | 25.89 | 11.63 | 86 | 0.29 | 1.64 | 0.67 | |
| Buckingham Gate | 1901-5 | 533 | 19.38 | 18.76 | 193 | 1.12 | 2.25 | 0.37 |
| 1906-10 | 517 | 26.26 | 21.66 | 185 | 1.16 | 1.16 | 0.77 | |
| Orchard Street | 1901-5 | 1,358 | 22.80 | 14.13 | 107 | 0.14 | 1.32 | 0.44 |
| 1906-10 | 1,307 | 25.70 | 11.62 | 71 | 0.15 | 0.76 | 1.07 | |
| Old Pye Street | 1901-5 | 886 | 37.99 | 16.25 | 108 | 0.90 | 2.25 | 0.22 |
| 1906-10 | 861 | 33 .44 | 15.09 | 62 | 0.46 | 2.55 | 0.23 | |
| Wild Street | 1901-5 | 1,332 | 33.28 | 16.06 | 120 | 0.60 | 1.81 | 0.90 |
| 1906-10 | 1,30a | 25.90 | 14.09 | 118 | 0.76 | 1.53 | 0.91 | |
| Bedfordbury | 1901-5 | 553 | 13.26 | 14.46 | 91 | 0.00 | 1.08 | 1.08 |
| 1906-10 | 535 | 16.82 | 15.70 | 66 | 0.00 | 1.56 | 0.37 | |
| City of Westminster | 1901-5 | 17.1 | 14.4 | 118 | 0.48 | 1.67 | 0.39 | |
| 1906-10 | 15.6 | 12.8 | 98.5 | 0.31 | 1.30 | 0.32 |
From a consideration of these figures the Trustees have agreed to
make some radical improvements in certain of their older blocks of
buildings. These were not built by the Trust but were taken over by
them.