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City of Westminster 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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obtained; thus a "standard" death-rate is obtained. The difference
between this rate and that for England and Wales is, on the above
assumption, due to differences in the age and sex constitution on
the population of the district, and dividing the latter by the former a
factor is obtained for correcting the crude death-rate of the district.
Applying such factors (1.05107 for London, 1 13926 for Westminster) to the 1904 rates, the figures are:—
| Standard death-rate. | Recorded death-rate. | Corrected death-rate. | Comparative mortality figure. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 18.19 | 16.23 | 16.23 | 1,000 |
| City of London.. | 17.31 | 16.1 | 16.92 | 1,042 |
| City of Westminster | 16.22 | 13.4 | 15.26 | 940 |
For the three previous years, 1901-02-03, the comparative mortality
figures were for the county 1,065, 1,100, 1,032, and for the City 1,100,
1,082, 1,025.
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 1904. 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 number of public
institution deaths in London was 35 per cent. of the total, in the
City 44-7 per cent.
Quarterly Rates.—These are shown in Table X. for the City and
its several Wards, the County of London, England and Wales, and the
United Kingdom.
Deaths of Males and Females are also shown in Table X. for the
same areas.
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. (See
comparison of corrected and uncorrected rates above, page 10.)
The uncorrected rate for the City was 124 deaths per 1,000 births,
as compared with 149, the average of the previous ten years. The
corrected rate was 118. The London rate for 1904 was 144, the
average being 153.