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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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| — | Males. | Females. | Proportion. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | |||
| County of London | per cent. 47.2 | per cent. 52.8 | 100 | 112 |
| City of Westminster | 46.4 | 53.6 | 100 | 115 |
| Conduit Ward | 40.6 | 59.4 | 100 | 140 |
| Grosvenor Ward | 40.3 | 59.7 | 100 | 148 |
| Hamlet of Knightsbridge Ward | 38.6 | 61.4 | 100 | 159 |
| Knightsbridge St. George Ward | 37.5 | 62.5 | 100 | 166 |
| Victoria Ward | 45.7 | 54.3 | 100 | 118 |
| St. Margaret Ward | 52.6 | 100 | 110 | |
| St. John Ward .. | 50.5 | 49.5 | 100 | 98 |
| St. Anne Ward | 52.3 | 47.7 | 100 | 91 |
| Great Marlborough Ward | 48.0 | 52.0 | 100 | 108 |
| Pall Mall Ward | 54.6 | 45.4 | 100 | 83 |
| Regent Ward | 48 .6 | 51.4 | 100 | 105 |
| Charing Cross Ward | 52.1 | 47.9 | 100 | 92 |
| Covent Garden Ward | 49.1 | 50.9 | 100 | 103 |
| Strand Ward | 50.7 | 49.3 | 100 | 97 |
In St. George's Union the proportion was 44.8 males, 55.2 females;
in Westminster Union, 50.5 males, 49.5 females; and in Strand
Union, 50.4 males, 49.6 females.
Although in the City, as a whole, the number of females per
hundred males is not very different from that in the County of
London, yet there is a very great divergence in the several Wards:
thus, Pall Mall, Charing Cross, and St. Anne Wards have considerably
less females than the average; while Conduit, Grosvenor, the Hamlet,
and Knightsbridge St. George Wards are much above it. The
latter group includes a large proportion of female domestic servants,
while the former has probably a preponderance of men employed
as waiters and servants in clubs, hotels, and restaurants. There
does not appear to be much alteration in the intercensal period in
the proportions between the sexes, except in St. Anne's Ward, where
the females have been reduced to a much greater extent than the
males during the last five years: in 1891 there were 6,245 males
and 6,072 females; in 1896 the proportion was much the same
(6,121 and 5,927); but in 1901 the figures were 6,011 males, 5,482
females, a reduction during the last five years of 110 males and 445
females.
The proportion of females would be higher in Victoria, St. Margaret,
St. John, the Hamlet, and Charing Cross Wards, were it not for the
presence of military barracks and hospitals, which contain 3,356
males and 357 females. The Registrar has prepared a return