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City of Westminster 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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London for 1907 was 25.6, the rate during the ten preceding years
averaged 29 per 1,000. The birth-rate in England and Wales was
26.3, the average of the preceding ten years being 28.4.
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: Table I.— Showing the number of Births in the City of Westminster and its Wards(corrected by distributing Institution Births).

Table I.— Showing the number of Births in the City of Westminster and its Wards(corrected by distributing Institution Births).

Wards.Births (corrected).
1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.1906.1907.
Conduit47464327302527
Grosvenor153157151148133131145
Knightsbridge St. George163162125164160150150
Victoria836886884862890864846
St. Margaret197160162165156141152
St. John869953877828908860873
Knightsbridge Hamlet68977977677266
St. Anne289278240232242217205
Regent21.3226184143163141129
Pall Mall32232217201818
Great Marlborough208180162151149137132
Charing Cross41263442382634
Covent Garden163163151156147129135
Strand1531047142172015
City of Westminster3,4323,4613,1853,0543,1202,9312,927

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:—

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:—

Parliamentary Divisions.Births.Birth-rate.Deaths, under 1, per 1,000 births.
Uncorrected.Corrected.Uncorrected.Corrected.Uncorrected.Corrected.
St. George1,1011,16814.815.78681
St. Margaret and St. John9981,09119.921.8142130
Strand63366810.39.39698
The City2,7322,92715.816.9110103

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For a number of years I have pointed out that unless the birth-rate
is corrected in the same way that the death-rate is, by the distribution
of births in lying-in and other hospitals, unfair conclusions may be
drawn. The Registrar-General, in his last Report, has now recognised
this, and publishes tables for each of the Metropolitan Boroughs