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City of Westminster 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table VIII.—
| I. | II. | III. |
|---|---|---|
| Institutions within the District receiving Sick and Infirm Persons from outside the District. | Institutions outside the District receiving Sick and Infirm Persons from the District. | Other Institutions, the Deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District. |
| H.M. Prison Infirmary, Wandsworth. | ||
| Edmonton Workhouse. | ||
| St. Giles Workhouse. | ||
| Lambeth Workhouse. | ||
| Holborn Workhouse. | ||
| Central London Sick Asylum, Cleveland Street. | ||
| Central London Sick Asylum, Hendon. | ||
| Banstad Asylum. | ||
| Cane Hill Asylum. | ||
| Cater ham Asylum. | ||
| Claybury Asylum. | ||
| Colney Hatch Asylum. | ||
| Darenth Asylum. | ||
| Dartford Asylum. | ||
| Hanwell Asylum. | ||
| Horton Asylum. | ||
| Hoxton House Asylum. | ||
| Leaveden Asylum. | ||
| New Grove House Asylum. | ||
| Bethlehem House Asylum. | ||
| Cambervvell House Asylum. |
Deaths under one year of age.—In Table VI. the rate at which infants
died, calculated in relation to the number of corrected births, is set out
for the City and its Wards. In Tables III. and IV. the rates are
calculated on the uncorrected births (viz., only those registered in the
City for the City and its old divisions, as formerly allowance was not
made for births taking place outside the area of the division.
The uncorrected rate for the City is 134 per 1,000 births, the
corrected 127; the London rate is 139, varying from 87 in Hampstead
to 174 in Shoreditch. It is of considerable importance to secure a
proper distribution of births, as the uncorrected figures given for the
London boroughs by the Registrar-General are misleading. Thus some
districts appear to have a high birth-rate and a low infantile death-rate,
simply because they have lying-in institutions within their bounds.
On the average of the previous ten years, the deaths under one year
in the City were fewer in 1902 in each division, when compared with
the uncorrected births. Compared with the year 1901, the rates in
St. Margaret, Charing Cross, Covent Garden and Strand Wards were
higher in 1902.