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City of Westminster 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table IX._City of Westminster—
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Average Deathrate 1901-8. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 NonResidents Registered in City. | Deaths of Residents Registered beyond City. | Deaths at all Ages. Nett. | ||||
| Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Birth (Corrected). | dumber. | Rate.* | |||||||
| Conduit | 5,400 | 19 | 3.5 | 2 | 105 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 4.4 | 6.1 |
| Grosvenor | 14,700 | 121 | 8.2 | 5 | 41 | 89 | 37 | 14 | 45 | 120 | 8.1 | 8.9 |
| Knightsbridge St. George | 14,700 | 169 | 11.4 | 11 | 65 | 466 | 41 | 383 | 38 | 121 | 8.2 | 8.3 |
| Victoria | 39,300 | 847 | 21.5 | 86 | 101 | 324 | 269 | 20 | 274 | 578 | 14.7 | 15.4 |
| St. Margaret | 12,750 | 163 | 12.7 | 8 | 49 | 359 | 46 | 268 | 39 | 130 | 10.1 | 11.3 |
| St. John | 29,140 | 765 | 26.2 | 79 | 103 | 366 | 329 | 117 | 320 | 569 | 19.5 | 20.2 |
| Hamlet of Knightsbridge | 7,520 | 80 | 10.6 | 7 | 87 | 54 | 22 | 8 | 26 | 72 | 9.5 | 8.5 |
| Pall Mall | 2,950 | 21 | 7.1 | 1 | 45 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 103 | 10.1 | 9.1 |
| Regent | 9,200 | 125 | 13.5 | 10 | 80 | 63 | 57 | 18 | 58 | 103 | 11.1 | 12.2 |
| Great Marlborough | 6,900 | 104 | 15.0 | 12 | 115 | 60 | 57 | 22 | 46 | 84 | 12.1 | 14.2 |
| Charing Cross | 4,150 | 24 | 5.7 | 3 | 125 | 34 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 36 | 8.6 | 10.2 |
| Covent Garden | 8,200 | 131 | 15.9 | 11 | 83 | 257 | 65 | 205 | 59 | 111 | 13.5 | 16.2 |
| Strand | 6,340 | 9 | 1.4 | — | — | 218 | 78 | 190 | 64 | 92 | 14.5 | 17.8 |
| St. Anne | 10,900 | 173 | 15.8 | 23 | 132 | 80 | 74 | 32 | 78 | 126 | 11.5 | 12.2 |
| The City | 172,150 | 2,751 | 15.9 | 258 | 93 | 2,406 | 1,107 | 1,091 | 881 | 2,196 | 12.7 | 137 |
* Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
The uncorrected birth-rate was 14 6, the uncorrected death-rate, 13 9.
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.
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