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City of Westminster 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table VIII.— City of Westminsteb.— Statistics of Births and Deaths during the 53 Weeks from 29th December, 1907, to 2nd January, 1909, giving the Corrected Figures and Rates.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | s | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wards. | Population Estimated to Middle of the Year 1908. | Births (Corrected). | Deaths Under One Year of Age. | Deaths at all Ages. Total Registered in City. | Deaths of Citizens in Public Institutions. | Deaths of Non-Residents Registered in City. | Deaths of Residents Registered beyond City. | Deaths at all Ages. Nett. | Average Death-rate 1901-7. | |||
| Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Birth (Corrected). | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||
| Conduit | 5,400 | 25 | 4.5 | 3 | 120 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 5.8 | 6.2 |
| Grosvenor | 14;700 | 143 | 9 .5 | 9 | 62 | 79 | 47 | 14 | 52 | 117 | 7.8 | 9.1 |
| Knightsbridge St. George | 14,700 | 152 | 10.1 | 9 | 59 | 447 | 31 | 378 | 25 | 94 | 6.2 | 8.7 |
| Victoria | 39,300 | 870 | 21.7 | 90 | 103 | 369 | 286 | 28 | 2J4 | 635 | 15.7 | 15.3 |
| St. Margaret | 13,000 | 153 | 11.5 | 17 | 111 | 338 | 48 | 256 | 38 | 120 | 9.0 | 13.1 |
| St. John | 29,140 | 854 | 28.7 | 95 | 111 | 364 | 287 | 128 | 275 | 511 | 17.2 | 20.6 |
| Hamlet of Knightsbridge | 7,520 | 80 | 10.4 | 5 | 62 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 57 | 7.4 | 8.7 |
| Pall Mall | 2,950 | 12 | 3.9 | 2 | 166 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 7.9 | 9.3 |
| Regent | 9,200 | 135 | 14.3 | 13 | 96 | 59 | 48 | 17 | 51 | 93 | 9.9 | 12.6 |
| Great Marlborough.. | 6,900 | 124 | 17.6 | 10 | 80 | 61 | 58 | 19 | 51 | 93 | 13.2 | 14.6 |
| Charing Cross | 4,150 | 31 | 7.3 | 5 | 161 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 20 | 44 | 10.4 | 10.1 |
| Covent Garden | 8,450 | 122 | 14.1 | 14 | 114 | 270 | 67 | 214 | 62 | 118 | 13.7 | 16.5 |
| Strand | 6,340 | 28 | 4.3 | 4 | 142 | 235 | 109 | 204 | 95 | 126 | 19.4 | 17.6 |
| St. Anne | 10,900 | 184 | 16.5 | 17 | 92 | 92 | 51 | 32 | 53 | 113 | 10.1 | 12.5 |
| The City | 172,650 | 2,913 | 16.5 | 293 | 100 | 2,437 | 1,080 | 1,089 | 829 | 2,177 | 12.3 | 13.9 |
* Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
The uncorrected birth-rate was 15.1, the uncorrected death-rate, 14.4.
Note.— The deaths included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered as having actually occurred within the ward. The deaths
included in Column 11 are the number in Column 7 corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 9 and the addition of the number in
Column 10.