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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Age of Death.- Of the total deaths,258 were those of children under 1 year of age, and 755 of persons over 65 years of age; these are referable to the various wards, as follows:-
| 1909. Wards. | Under 1 Year of Age. | Over 65 Years of Age. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter. | The Year. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Q,uarter. | 4th Quarter. | The Year. | ||
| Conduit | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Grosvenor | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 5 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 53 | |
| Hamlet of Knightsbridge | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | |
| Knightsbridge St. George | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 50 | |
| Victoria | 18 | 21 | 19 | 28 | 86 | 72 | 35 | 22 | 51 | 180 | |
| St. Margaret | 3 | 4 | — | 1 | 8 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 51 | |
| St. John | 23 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 79 | 55 | 39 | 34 | 55 | 183 | |
| St. Anne | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 34 | |
| Great Marlborough | — | 3 | 3 | 6 | ] 2 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 29 | |
| Pali Mall | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 13 | |
| Regent | 4 | 3 | 3 | — | 10 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 33 | |
| Charing Cross | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 6 | — | 5 | 16 | |
| Covent Garden | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 35 | |
| Strand | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 41 | |
| The City | l909 | 65 | 64 | 60 | 69 | 258 | 280 | 164 | 121 | 190 | 755 |
| 1908 | 82 | 56 | 74 | 81 | 293 | 245 | 168 | 135 | 208 | 756 | |
| 1907 | 106 | 74 | 49 | 74 | 303 | 246 | 159 | 133 | 180 | 718 | |
| 1906 | 82 | 68 | 106 | 67 | 323 | 193 | 170 | 119 | 182 | 664 | |
The deaths of young children were again less; those of old persons
were about the same as in the previous year. Influenza and chest
affections have killed a large number of old people in each of the last
three years, especially in the first quarters.
Infantile Mortality.—The uncorrected rate for the City was 102
deaths per 1,000 births registered in the City, as compared with 133,
the average of the previous ten years. The corrected rate was
93, the average of the years 1901-8 being 112. On deducting the
births and deaths of illegitimate children, it will be seen below that
the infant death-rate has fallen regularly from 125 to 91 per 1,000.
The London rate for 1909 was 107, the average being 137. The
infantile death-rate in England and Wales was 109, being 11 below
the rate in 1908 and 29 below the ten yearly averages. Table VII,
required by the Local Government Board, shows in detail the ages and
causes of death of children under 1 year of age.
Figures for both births and deaths of infants corrected, showing the
true rate in each of the last eight years:—