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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 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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The populations calculated to the middle of the year on which the rates have been calculated are:—
| — | Persons. | Males. | Females. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conduit Ward | 5,830 | 2,369 | 3,461 |
| Grosvenor Ward | 15,335 | 6,186 | 9,149 |
| Hamlet of Knightsbridge Ward | 7,631 | 2,980 | 4,651 |
| Kniglitsbridge St. George Ward | 15,727 | 5,907 | 9,820 |
| Victoria Ward | 40,583 | 18,552 | 22,031 |
| St. Margaret Ward | 13,895 | 6,620 | 7,275 |
| St. John Ward | 31,325 | 16,080 | 15,245 |
| St. Anne Ward | 11,590 | 6,044 | 5,546 |
| Great Marlborough Ward | 7,570 | 3,633 | 3,937 |
| Pall Mall Ward | 4,134 | 2,265 | 1,869 |
| Regent Ward | 9,699 | 4,709 | 4,990 |
| Charing Cross Ward | 5,847 | 3,050 | 2,797 |
| Covent Garden Ward | 9,162 | 4,518 | 4,644 |
| Strand Ward | 7,320 | 3,718 | 3,602 |
| The City of Westminster | 185,648 | 86,631 | 99,017 |
(The figures relating to the number of persons per house, the number of persons
occupying tenements of less than five rooms, &c., are dealt with on page 13.)
Age and Sex.—Table XIV shows the proportion of persons at
various ages in the City and its Registration or Poor Law areas in
London (p. 28).
The importance of knowing how many persons are living at
various age periods is that persons at certain of these periods have
a better health record than those at other periods. Consequently,
a district may appear to have a good death-rate, whereas, on examination,
it may turn out that its population is largely composed of
persons living at an age period where the death-rate is naturally
small, and allowance must therefore be made in comparing it with
a district which has a standard distribution of its population. Sex,
also, has a marked effect on the rate, and a preponderance of
females in a population will lower the general death-rate considerably.
In England and Wales the proportion of males to females
in the population in 1901 was as 107 to 100, in London as 112 to 100.
and in Westminster as 115 to 100.
The proportion of males and
females in the various Wards of the City, as compared with London,
is shown on next page:—