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City of Westminster 1911

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

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Table: Table I.— continued.

Table I.— continued.

Wards.Births (corrected).
1907.1908.1909.1910.1911.
Conduit2725192216
Grosvenor145143121128123
Knightsbridge St. George150152169169146
Victoria846870817753748
St. Margaret152153163124129
St. John873854765787693
Knightsbridge Hamlet6680807766
St. Anne205184173185141
Eegent129135104110108
Pall Mall181221910
Great Marlborough1321241258360
Charing Cross3431241622
Covent Garden13512213111794
Strand15289125
The City2,9272,9132,7512,5922,361

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A comparison of the corrected and uncorrected birth-rates, and of
the death-rates of infants under one year of age, is made in the
tables following this part of the Report.
It will be noted that, the total number of births is again less than
in previous years.
The birth-rate calculated on the number of married women in
Westminster, distinguishing the legitimate and illegitimate, shows more
exact rates, but the new figures for making the calculation are not yet available.

Table: The reduction is taking place in the legitimate births.

The reduction is taking place in the legitimate births.

Westminster.1904.1905.1906.1907.1908.1909.1910.1911.
Legitimate Births (net)2,9202,9712,7442,7642,7392,5482,3992,195
Illegitimate Births (net)134149187163174203193166

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During the year notification was received of 1,562 births which
took place in Westminster; of these, 55 were stillborn children, whose
births are not subsequently registered. By comparing all the births
which were registered as having occurred after the 1st January with
those notified, it is found that the proportion of births notified was
70.9 per cent. for the City. The proportion of notified was greater than
in previous years (64.8 per cent. in 1909, 68 per cent. in 1910), but the