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City of Westminster 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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In 1891 the factors worked out for the constituent parts of the City were:-
| District. | Standard Death-rate. | Factor for Correction. |
|---|---|---|
| St. George Hanover Square | 17.34 | 1.10438 |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 15.74 | 1.21665 |
| St. James | 17.10 | 1.11597 |
| Strand. | 16.24 | 1.17919 |
| Westminster | 16.91 | 1.13016 |
The effect of the addition of persons living in Poor Law institutions
outside the area is shown in the case of the Strand, whereby the standard
rate was reduced to 17.12, and the factor to 1.11857.
The Comparative Mortality Figure is obtained by comparing the
London and District "Corrected Death-rates," taking London to equal
1,000.
Applying the factors stated above to the 1902 rates, the figures are:—
| Standard death-rate. | Crude death-rate. | Corrected death-rate. | Comparative mortality figure. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | 17.31 | 17.2 | 18.0 | 1,000 |
| City of Westminster | 15.46 | 16.0 | 18.8 | 1,044 |
Table III., in the form required by the Local Government Board,
shows the vital statistics of the City and five groups of districts from
1891 to 1901. I have made out this table in such a way as to maintain
as far as possible, consequent on alteration of areas, a comparison of
statistics for the old divisions of the City, and in Table IV. I have
calculated out the rates therefrom.
Table V. shows where citizens were at the time of their death
distributed according to their respective Wards. The proportion dying
in public institutions is not always an index of the circumstances of the
inhabitants of the Wards. The number of public institution deaths in
London was 347 per cent. of the total, in the City 424 per cent., and in
the several wards as follows:—
Conduit 19.6
Grosvenor 34.8
Hamlet 39.3
Knightsbridge St. George 36.2
Victoria 36.2
St. Margaret 39.4
St. John 49.6
St. Anne 369
Gt. Marlborough 481
Pall Mall 187
Regent 42.4
Charing Cross 31.2
Covent Garden 441
Strand 369