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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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| 1 | 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 Equalisation of Rates Act. | Estimated Population Registrar-General's Methods. | |
| 1905. St. George Hanover Square | 9,786 | 61 | 2,405 | 12,130 | 75,522 | 74,800 |
| St. Margaret and St. John | 5,357 | 91 | 5,082 | 10,348 | 48,160 | 51,256 |
| St. James | 2,792 | 11 | 239 | 3,020 | 20,585 | 19,400 |
| St. Anne | 1,121 | 46 | 833 | 1,908 | 11,031 | 11,000 |
| St. Martin and Strand | 2,447 | 79 | 1,991 | 4,359 | 17,762 | 19,150 |
| The City | 21,503 | 288 | 10,550 | 31,765 | 173,060 | 175,606 |
If the number of inmates of the City's poor law establishments
which are outside the City be added to the figures in col. 5, the
estimate will be found approximate to those in col. 6. Probably they
are both below the correct population.
Births.
2,940 births were registered in the City in the 52 weeks ending
December 30th, 1905. On examination, 29 births were found to be
referable to other districts. Through the courtesy of the Committees of
Management of Endell Street, York Boad, and the Queen Charlotte
Lying-in Institutions, of the Master of the Strand Workhouse at
Edmonton, and the Steward of St. George's Workhouse, Fulham Eoad,
and of other Medical Officers, I have ascertained that 209 children were
born the home address of whose mothers was in Westminster. The net
number of births was, therefore, 3,120, as compared with 3,054 in 1904;
the birth-rate, uncorrected, was 16-3, corrected 17'7 per 1,000 persons.
The birth-rate for the County of London for 1905 was 27'1, the rate
during the ten preceding years averaged 294 per 1,000. The birth-rate
in England and Wales was 27'2, the average of the preceding ten
years being 29T. It is to be noted that the number of births in
Westminster has increased, which looks as if the population of the City
had also increased instead of decreasing. The increase took place in
Victoria, St. John, St. Anne, Eegent, and Pall Mall Wards, while the
others, especially the Strand Ward, decreased.
Consequent upon differences in sex and age distribution, and the
proportion of married and unmarried persons in the various Wards of
the City, the rates vary widely.
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