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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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chiefly by 29 under 1 year of age, 31 between 1 and 5, and 51 between
25 and 65.
According to Wards, increases were greatest in Grosvenor, Knightsbridge
St. George, St. John, and Covent Garden. Conduit, the Hamlet,
Great Marlborough and the Strand Wards each showed a small decrease.
The distribution of deaths under 1 and over 65 years is shown below:—
| 1911. Wards. | Under 1 Year of Age. | Over 65 Years op Age. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter. | The Year. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | The Year. | ||
| Conduit | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |
| Grosvenor | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 38 | |
| Hamlet of Knightsbridge | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | |
| Knightsbridge St. George | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 46 | |
| Victoria | 16 | 26 | 31 | 15 | 88 | 51 | 42 | 37 | 45 | 175 | |
| St. Margaret | - | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 26 | |
| St. John | 21 | 11 | 31 | 19 | 82 | 46 | 43 | 33 | 33 | 155 | |
| St. Anne | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 31 | |
| Great Marlborough | 3 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 25 | |
| Pall Mall | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 5 | 5 | 12 | |
| Regent | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 24 | |
| Charing Cross | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| Covent Garden | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 40 | |
| Strand | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 35 | |
| The City | 1911 | 47 | 55 | 87 | 54 | 243 | 182 | 167 | 150 | 159 | 658 |
| 1910 | 63 | 53 | 45 | 53 | 214 | 204 | 148 | 114 | 188 | 654 | |
| 1909 | 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 | |
Infantile Mortality.—The uncorrected death rate of infants for Westminster
was 115 deaths per 1,000 births registered in the City, against
a rate of 130, the average of the previous ten years.
The corrected rate works out at 102.9, the average of the previous
five years having been 98.5, and of the ten years, 1901-10, 110. On
deducting the births and deaths of illegitimate children, among whom
the mortality is always high, it will be seen below that the infant deathrate
among legitimate infants was 125 per 1,000 births in 1902, and fell
gradually to 91 in 1909; in 1910 there was a large fall to 78, but for
1911, the rate has gone up again to 91.
Figures for both births and deaths of infants corrected, showing the
true rate in each of the last ten years are given on the next page.