[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of] page 11

City of Westminster 1908

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

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The net number of births was, therefore, 2,913, as compared with 2,927
in 1907; the birth-rate, uncorrected, was 15.1, corrected 16.5 per
1,000 persons. The birth-rate for the County of London for 1908 was
251, the rate during the preceding ten years averaged 28 per 1,000.
The birth-rate in England and Wales was 26.5, the average of the
preceding ten years being 281.

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:—

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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.
Parliamentary Divisions.	Uncorrected.	Corrected.	Uncorrected.	Corrected.	Uncorrected.	Corrected.
St. George	1,076	1,190	14.2	15.7	103	93
St. Margaret and St. John	993	1,087	19.6	21.4	117	107
Strand	596	636	11.9	12.7	109	102
The City	2,665	2,913	15.1	16.5	109	100

Table: The number of married women between the ages of 15 and 45 in Westminster is estimated to be 18,424, and the unmarried and widows at the same age-period 39,292 for the 53 weeks.

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The number of married women between the ages of 15 and 45 in Westminster is estimated to be 18,424, and the unmarried and widows at the same age-period 39,292 for the 53 weeks.

Westminster.	1902.	1903.	1904.	1905.	1906.	1907.	1908.
Legitimate Births (net)	3,275	3,051	2,920	2,971	2,744	2,764	2,739
	17.4	15.6	15.6	16.1	15.0	15.1	14 .8
	186	150	134	149	187	163	174
Per 100 Unmarried ..	0.46	0.34	0.34	0.37	0.48	0.42	0.41
London.—Legitimate per 100 Married	22.3	22.3	21.8	21.1	20.8	20.2	19.5
Illegitimate per 100 Unmarried..	0.69	0.68	0.71	0.68	0.68	0.64	0.66

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The Notification of Births Act was adopted, but did not receive the
sanction of the Local Government Board until the end of the year,
but through the instrumentality of the Health Society information
of 780 expected confinements was received from various hospitals
and dispensaries.
An analysis of the information relating to 1,237 infants of parents
whose total weekly earnings are less than 40s. is given in the Society's
report, from which the following extracts are made:—
Table II shows the influence of Housing, Poverty, Mother's Work,

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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:—

Table: The number of married women between the ages of 15 and 45 in Westminster is estimated to be 18,424, and the unmarried and widows at the same age-period 39,292 for the 53 weeks.

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