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City of Westminster 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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WES 17
No. 10
City of Westminster
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the
Four Weeks ending 31st October, 1903.
Mr. Mayor, My Lord, and Gentlemen,
I beg to present my Report for the four weeks ending 31st October, 1903:—
1. Births.—The number of Births registered was 221, equal to an annual rate of 16.1 per
1,000. The birth-rate for London for the same period was 27.4 per 1,000.
2. Deaths :—
(a) The total number of deaths registered was 168. After deducting the deaths of
68 non-citizens in public institutions in the City and adding those of 58 citizens who died
in other districts, the corrected total is 158, as compared with 198 in the previous five
weeks, and is equivalent to an annual death-rate of 11.4 per 1,000. The death-rate for
all London during the same period averaged 15 2 per 1,000, being 1.7 per 1,000 below the
mean rate in the corresponding periods of the 10 years 1893-1902.
(b) According to the old divisions of the City, the births and deaths were thus distributed. In—
| BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | ||
| St. George, Hanover Square | 47 | 39 | 86 | 27 | 22 | 49 |
| St. Margaret and St. John | 51 | 34 | 85 | 41 | 27 | 68 |
| St. James, Piccadilly | 9 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Strand and St. Martin | 18 | 18 | 36 | 16 | 13 | 29 |
| 125 | 96 | 221 | 90 | 68 | 158 | |
The place of death of citizens belonging to the several Wards is shown below:—
| Place of Death. | Total Deaths. | Conduit. | Grosvenor, | Hamlet of Knightsbridge. | Knightsbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | St. Anne. | Great Marlborough. | Pall Mall. | Regent. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
| At Home | 83 | — | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Workhouses and Infirmaries | 44 | — | 1 | — | — | 7 | 3 | !9 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| General and Special Hospitals | 17 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Fever Hospitals | 3 | — | — | - | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lunatic Asylums | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| River Thames, Serpentine, Homeless, &c. | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Total Deaths | 158 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 15 | 48 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 6 |
| Death Rates per 1,000 Inhabitants | 11.4 | 6.8 | 5.1 | 8.6 | 60.1 | 10.1 | 14. 5 | 19.9 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 12.1 | 14 .8 | 16.1 | 11.5 |