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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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Table IV.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year. | Population Estimated to Middle of each Year. | Birth. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in public Institutions in the Distric. | Deaths of Non-Residents Registered in Public Institutions in the Distric. | Deahs of Residents Registered in Public Institutions beyond the Distric. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
| Number (Uncorrected) | Rate | Under one year of age | At all ages | |||||||||
| Number (Net). | Rate per 1,000 Births Registered. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | |||||||
| 1902 53 weeks | 184,211 | 3,284 | 17.8 | 442 | 134 | 2,899 | 15.7 | 1,129 | 906 | 959 | 2,952 | 16 .0 |
| 1903 | 179,052 | 3,017 | 16 .8 | 370 | 122 | 2,517 | 14.0 | 1,086 | 931 | 833 | 2,419 | 13.5 |
| 1904 | 177,321 | 2,897 | 16.3 | 360 | 124 | 2,626 | 14.8 | 1,228 | 1,073 | 823 | 2,376 | 13.4 |
| 1905 | 175,606 | 2,940 | 16.7 | 329 | 111 | 2,545 | 14 5 | 1,217 | 1,035 | 837 | 2,347 | 13.3 |
| 1906 | 173,905 | 2,766 | 15 .9 | 323 | 116 | 2,482 | 14 '3 | 1,223 | 1,015 | 790 | 2,227 | 12 "8 |
. Kates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.-The deaths to be included in Column 7 of this Table are the whole of those registered during the year as having actually occurred within the
district or division. The deaths to to included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10 and
the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term " Non.residents '' is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there;
and by the term " Residents " is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and have died in public institutions
elsewhere.
The " Public Institutions " to be taken into account for the purpose of these Tables are those into which persons are habitually received on account of
sickness or infirmity, such as hospitals, workhouses, and lunatic asylums. A list of the institutions in respect of the deaths in which corrections have been
made is given on the next pages.
Total population at all ages 183,011 "1
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water) 2502.7 Number of inhabited houses 18,366 At Census of 1901.
Average number of persons per house 8.9