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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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The following comparative statement shows at a glance the death. rates per 1,000 persons estimated to be living at certain age.periods during each of the last five years:-
| Age. Period. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | |
| Under 5 | 673 | 52 .1 | 652 | 51.7 | 559 | 44.7 | 491 | 39 .6 | 490 | 40.1 | 487 | 40.0 |
| 5 to 15 | 55 | 2.4 | 74 | 3 .3 | 45 | 2.1 | 49 | 2 .2 | 47 | 1 .4 | 51 | 2.3 |
| 15 „ 25 | 118 | 2.7 | 122 | 2 .8 | 95 | 2.2 | 89 | 2 1 | 85 | 2 .0 | 70 | 1 .7 |
| 25 „ 35 | 192 | 6 4 | 200 | 5 1 | 167 | 4.3 | 157 | 4.0 | 170 | 4 .4 | 123 | 3.2 |
| 35 „ 45 | 326 | 151 | 328 | 12 0 | 250 | 9.3 | 225 | 8.4 | 219 | 8 .2 | 222 | 8.4 |
| 45 ,, 55 | 383 | 24.7 | 388 | 21 .2 | 303 | 16.7 | 284 | 15.7 | 307 | 17 .2 | 280 | 15 .9 |
| 55 „ 65 | 401 | 42 .8 | 426 | 38 .0 | 320 | 28.8 | 340 | 30.9 | 325 | 29 .9 | 330 | 30.6 |
| 65 and over | 754 | 106 .0 | 762 | 109 .0 | 680 | 98.8 | 720 | 105.7 | 701 | 104 4 | 664 | 99.4 |
A Factor for Correction of Death.rates, whereby differences in
the age and sex constitution of the population may be removed,
is arrived at by obtaining the age and sex distribution of the
population of a district at the last census; after ascertaining the
death.rate for each sex, at each age.period in England and Wales
during the last ten years, a calculation is made of the. number of deaths
which would have occurred in the district had similar rates been
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 1906 rates, the figures are:.
| Standard death.rate. | Recorded death.rate. | Corrected death.rate. | Comparative mortality figure. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 18.19 | 15 4 | 15 .4 | 1,000 |
| County of London | 17 31 | 151 | 15.8 | 1,025 |
| City of Westminster | 16 .22 | 12 .8 | 14.5 | 941 |
For the five previous years, 1901.05, the comparative mortality
figures were for the County 1,065, 1,100, 1,032, 1,042, and 1,039, and for
the City 1,100, 1,082, 1,025, 940, and 993.