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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 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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St. Margaret and St. John Division.

Table: St Margret and .St Johan Divison.

St Margret and .St Johan Divison.

Year.Pulmonary.Abdominal.Meningeal.Other Forms.Total.
Cases.Rate.
1891137251----
1895125232————
1896122224————
1897143270252519342
1893138263133419334
189917233117318382
1900124233111729302
1901127210181815291
1902128212182226310
19031082065117231
Average 10 years13224916*23*18*313*

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* Average of 7 years.

Table: St. Margaret Ward.

St. Margaret Ward.

19011913642823165
19022316875130221
19J32518632128208

Table: St. John's Ward.

St. John's Ward.

19011083451855163400
19021043292888132417
190376242103186274

Table: Hamlet of Knightsbridge Ward.

Hamlet of Knightsbridge Ward.

1901--678678
1902113113226
1903792——792

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St. John's Ward differs from the Hamlet and from the wards in
St. George's Division, in that it contains a number of common
lodging houses which materially affect the death rate. On an average
one third of the deaths occurring in connection with common lodginghouses
is from consumption. There were nine such houses in St.
John's Ward accommodating 1,143 persons, and yielding in the three
years 44 deaths from phthisis; deducting these deaths from the
total, and also making a corresponding reduction in the population,
would bring the average rate for the three years down from 363 to 261,