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In Table XVII the death-rates are given for each Ward during
each quarter of 1901, together with the annual rate for each,
distinguishing males and females. The Registrar-General does not
publish the particulars of the numbers living at different ageperiods
in each Ward, so that more detailed comparison cannot be
made. Among males, the Wards of St. John, Great Marlborough,
Covent Garden, and the Strand exceed the average rate for the
whole City; the same Wards, together with Victoria and Regent,
have also higher rates for females.
In order to compare the deaths from various causes, I have
calculated the deaths in each Ward per thousand estimated
inhabitants, and these are set out in Table XVIII.
The causes of excessive death-rate were:—
Smallpox Strand; Covent Garden.
Measles Strand; St. John.
Scarlet fever Strand; Covent Garden.
Influenza St. John.
Diarrhoea Strand; St. John; Great Marlborough.
Whooping-cough Great Marlborough.
Phthisis Strand; Covent Garden; St. John;
Great Marlborough.
Nervous diseases Strand; Covent Garden ; St. John ;
Great Marlborough.
Heart disease Covent Garden.
Diseases of lungs, &c. . Strand; Covent Garden; St. John;
Great Marlborough.
Kidney disease Strand; Covent Garden.
Developmental diseases St. John; Great Marlborough.
of childhood.
In the Victoria and Regent Wards the excessive death-rates
were due, in Victoria Ward, to diseases of the lungs, cancer,
and alcoholism; in Regent Ward to diarrhoea, diseases of the heart
and of the digestive organs.
Deaths under One Year of A ge.—435 infants died under this age,
that is to say, of every 1,000 children born an average of 126 died
within 12 months; the rate is a little lower (125) for male children
than for females (128). In Table XV the rates for the three
registration (Union) areas in Table XII for each Ward are set out.
From these it appears that in St. George's Union is the greatest loss
of life, the rate being 131, the old St. George's group of Wards being
equal to 130, the St. Margaret and St. John group to 134. On
looking at the separate Wards, Grosvenor, Conduit, St. John, and