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City of Westminster 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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PART I.
A. Vital Statistics.
Population.
The resident population of the City for the year 1902 has been
calculated in three ways, and none of the figures. agree. The RegistrarGeneral
has made two estimates, one being 178,489, based on the returns
of houses on the rate-books under the Equalisation of Pates Act; the
other, 180,800, which is based on the assumption that the rate of decrease
ascertained at the census as having taken place since the preceding
census, is still continuing. My estimate is only 259 above this last.
The City Comptroller has been good enough to supply me with a copy of the figures sent to the Local Government Board in May, 1902, as required by the Equalisation Act, and I have added thereto the figures as estimated thereon by the Registrar-General.
| l | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Houses as defined in Local Government Board Schedule. | Number of Houses comprising: two or more Rateable Properties. | Number of Separate Occupations included in Col. 2. | Actual Number of Rated Occupiers. | Estimated Population by Registrar-General. | Estimated Population by Medical Officer of Health. | |
| St. George Hanover Square | 9,838 | 56 | 2,236 | 12,018 | 75,923 | 76,184 |
| St. Margaret and St. John | 5,638 | 54 | 3,974 | 9,558 | 50,690 | 51,470 |
| St. James | 2,882 | 7 | 84 | 2,959 | 21,294 | 21,403 |
| St. Anne | 1,135 | 45 | 827 | 1,917 | 11,168 | 11,235 |
| St. Martin and Strand | 2,708 | 69 | 1,805 | 4,444 | 19,459 | 20,767 |
| The City | 22,201 | 231 | 8,926 | 30,896 | 178,489 | 181,059 |
I pointed out in my report for 1901 that 3,051 citizens were inmates
of Poor Law Institutions outside the City, and that when any person
dies there the death is recorded against the locality in which he lived
at the time of admission, even though that may have been many years
before. It would appear, therefore, only fair that the number of persons
in such Institutions should be added to the population of the district.
This would bring the population of the City for statistical purposes up
to 184,110 for the year 1902. I suggested to the Registrar-General