London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| - | 0—5, | 5—20. | 20—40. | 40-60. | Over 60. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population at five age-periods | 946 | 2,310 | 2,013 | 1,280 | 353 |
| Percentage— | |||||
| Peabody Buildings | 13.7 | 33.5 | 29.2 | 18.5 | 5.1 |
| London | 10.9 | 28.6 | 35.0 | 18.1 | 6.6 |
| Westminster | 22.2 | 43.2 | 23.0 | 4.6 | |
| 40 | 6 | 112 | 24 | 19 | |
| All ages total | 101 | ||||
| - | Birth Bate. | Death Rate. | All Ages. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year. | 0—5. | 5—20. | 20—40. | 40—60. | Over 60. | |||
| Peabody Buildings | 28.6 | 42.1 | 2.6 | 5.9 | 18.7 | 53.8 | 14.6 | |
| London | 29.0 | 148 | 58.7 | 3.2 | 5.5 | 18.4 | 66.0 | 17.1 |
| Westminster | 18.5 | 52.5 | 2.3 | 5.5 | 20.0 | 67.9 | 15.6 | |
Twenty-five deaths were registered from diseases of the
respiratory organs (3.6 per 1,000), four from measles (0.5 per 1,000),
13 from tubercular disease (1.8 per 1,000), three from whooping-cough
(0.4 per 1,000), four from diarrhoea (0.5 per 1,000). These rates
may be compared with those on Table XVIII.
The Improved Industrial Dwellings Company, Limited, provide
accommodation for 6,878 persons. The births were 112, the deaths
68, yielding a birth-rate of 16.28 and a death-rate of 9.88. Respiratory
diseases caused 18 deaths (2.6 per 1,000), measles one (0.14),
tubercular disease five (0.72), whooping-cough one (0.14), diarrhœa
one (0.14), erysipelas three (0.43), diphtheria one (0.14). Deaths of
children under one year numbered 17, equal to 151 per 1,000 births.
The Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the
Poor house 732 persons. The births were 24, the deaths 13, equal
to a birth-rate of 32.7, and a death-rate of 1.77. Measles, enteric
fever, and tubercular disease caused one death each (1.3 per 1,000
each). No respiratory deaths. The infantile death-rate was equal
to 166 per 1,000 births.
Soho, Clerkenwell, and General Industrial Dwellings Company have
a population of 1,149. There were 35 births and 15 deaths (30.46