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City of Westminster 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table XII.—Showing the Number of Births in the City of Westminster and its Wards, and in the County of London, with rates per 1,000 population, per 1,000 females, and for the Registration Areas of St. George, Westminster, and Strand per 1,000 females between 15 and 45 years of age. Also the Deaths per 1,000 Births of Infants under 1 year of age.
| Ward. | Births. | Birth-rate per 1,000 population. | Birth-rate per 1,000 females. | Birth-rate per 1,000 females between 15 and 45 years of age. | Deaths under 1 year of age per 1,000 births. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Both sexes. | ||||
| Conduit | 28 | 19 | 47 | 8.06 | 13.5 | 71 | 263 | 148 | |
| Grosvenor | 78 | 75 | 153 | 9.9 | 16.7 | 115 | 186 | 150 | |
| Knightsbridge St. George | 84 | 79 | 163 | 10.3 | 16.5 | 119 | 151 | 134 | |
| Victoria | 464 | 372 | 836 | 20.5 | 37 .9 | 53.5 | 135 | 100 | 124 |
| St. Margaret | 103 | 94 | 197 | 14.2 | 27 .0 | 58 | 106 | 81 | |
| St. John | 452 | 417 | 869 | 27.7 | 57 .0 | 146 | 146 | 146 | |
| Hamlet of Knightsbridge | 36 | 32 | 68 | 8.9 | 14.6 | 27 | 218 | 117 | |
| St. Anne | 145 | 144 | 289 | 24.9 | 52.0 | 82 | 76 | 79 | |
| Regent | 103 | 110 | 213 | 21.9 | 42.6 | 74.3 | 116 | 154 | 136 |
| Pall Mall | 14 | 18 | 32 | 7.7 | 17.1 | 214 | — | 93 | |
| Great Marlborough | 104 | 104 | 208 | 27.4 | 52.7 | 153 | 134 | 44 | |
| Charing Cross | 23 | 18 | 41 | 7.0 | 14.6 | 130 | 55 | 97 | |
| Covent Garden | 91 | 72 | 163 | 17.7 | 35.1 | 53.6 | j 120 | 138 | 128 |
| Strand | 75 | 78 | 153 | 20.9 | 42.5 | I 146 | 89 | 117 | |
| The City of Westminster | 1,800 | 1,632 | 3,432 | 18 5 | 34 6 | 57.0 | 125 | 128 | 126 |
| The County of London | 66,975 | 64,303 | 131,278 | 29.0 | 54.9 | 105.7 | — | — | 148 |
The total births reckoned on the number of married females
(between the ages of 15 and 45) work out at 236 per thousand for
London and 178 for the City of Westminster. In 1891 the rates
were 259 and 210, and in 1881, 283 and 238 respectively, so that
there has been actually a very considerable decrease in the number
of children born per family.
Deaths.
2,998 deaths were registered in the City in the 52 weeks ending
28th December, 1901. After deducting the deaths of 1,019 noncitizens
in public institutions in the City, and adding those of
921 citizens who died in other districts, the corrected total is 2,900,
and is equivalent to an annual rate of 15.6 per thousand persons.
The London death-rate for the same period was 17.1.