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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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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 must vary widely.
Table I.-
Wards. | Births (corrected). | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | |
Conduit | 47 | 46 | 43 | 27 | 30 | 25 |
Grosvenor | 153 | 157 | 151 | 148 | 133 | 131 |
Knightsbridge St. George | 163 | 162 | 125 | 164 | 160 | 150 |
Victoria | 836 | 886 | 884 | 862 | 890 | 864 |
St. Margaret | 197 | 160 | 162 | 165 | 156 | 141 |
St. John | 869 | 953 | 877 | 828 | 908 | 860 |
Hamlet of Knights bridge | 68 | 97 | 79 | 77 | 67 | 72 |
St. Anne | 289 | 278 | 240 | 232 | 242 | 217 |
Regent | 213 | 226 | 184 | 143 | 163 | 141 |
Pall Mall | 32 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 20 | 18 |
Great Marlborough | 208 | 180 | 162 | 151 | 149 | 137 |
Charing Cross | 41 | 26 | 34 | 42 | 38 | 26 |
Covent Garden | 163 | 163 | 151 | 156 | 147 | 129 |
Strand | 153 | 104 | 71 | 42 | 17 | 20 |
3,432 | 3,461 | 3,185 | 3,054 | 3,120 | 2,931 |
A comparison of the corrected and uncorrected birth.rates, and of
the death.rates of infants under one year of age, is made in the
following table:-
A comparison of the corrected and uncorrected birth.rates, and of the death.rates of infants under one year of age, is made in the following table:-
Divisions. | Births. | Birth.rate. | Deaths, under 1, per 1,000 births. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Uncorrected. | Corrected. | Uncorrected. | Corrected. | Uncorrected. | Corrected. | |
St. George | 1,150 | 1,170 | 15.4 | 15.6 | 107 | 106 |
St. Margaret and St. John | 973 | 1,073 | 19.3 | 21.2 | 127 | 115 |
St. .Tames and St. Anne | 464 | 513 | 15.4 | 17.0 | 125 | 113 |
Strand | 179 | 175 | 9.4 | 9 .3 | 95 | 97 |
The City | 2,766 | 2,931 | 15.9 | 16.9 | 116 | 110 |
The number of married women between the ages of 15 and 45
is estimated to be 18,178, and the unmarried and widows at the same
age.period 38,804.
The number of married women between the ages of 15 and 45 is estimated to be 18,178, and the unmarried and widows at the same age.period 38,804.
1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Legitimate Births (net) | 3,275 | 3,051 | 2,920 | 2,971 | 2,744 |
Per 1,000 Married | 174 | 156 | 156 | 161 | 150 |
Illegitimate Births (net) | 186 | 150 | 134 | 149 | 187 |
Per 1,000 Unmarried | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.8 |