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City of Westminster 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table II.— Vital Statistics of Whole Districts during 1913 and previous years. City of Westminster.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year. | Population Estimated to Middle of each Year. | Number (Uncorrected). | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths † | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | ||||||
| Of Non. Resi dents Eegistered in the District. | Of Residents not Registered in the District. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Nett. | Number.1 | Rate. | N umber.* | Bate per 1,000 Nett Births. | Number.* | Rate. | ||||||
| Number. | Rate. | |||||||||||
| 1906 | 170,652 | 2,766 | 2,931 | 17.1 | 2,482 | 14.5 | 1,045 | 790 | 323 | 110 | 2,227 | 13.0 |
| 1907 | 168,396 | 2,732 | 2,927 | 17.3 | 2,396 | 14.2 | 992 | 833 | 303 | 103 | 2,237 | 13.3 |
| 1908 | 166,170 | 2,665 | 2,913 | 17.5 | 2,437 | 14.6 | 1,089 | 829 | 293 | 100 | 2,177 | 13.1 |
| 1909 | 163,974 | 2,520 | 2.751 | 16.7 | 2,406 | 14.6 | 1,091 | 881 | 258 | 93 | 2,196 | 13.3 |
| 1910 | 161,803 | 2,365 | 2,592 | 16.0 | 2,164 | 13.8 | 1,023 | 750 | 214 | 82 | 1,891 | 11.6 |
| 1911 | 159,709 | 2,110 | 2,361 | 14.7 | 2,286 | 14.3 | 1,103 | 822 | 243 | 102 | 2,005 | 12.5 |
| 1912 | 157,693 | 2,134 | 2,349 | 14.8 | 2,113 | 13.4 | 982 | 853 | 195 | 83 | 1,984 | 12.5 |
| 1913 | 155,678 | 1,992 | 2,233 | 14.1 | 2,208 | 13.1 | 1,018 | 870 | 213 | 95 | 2,030 | 12.7 |
* In Column 6 are included the whole of the deaths registered during the year as having actually occurred within the district.
In Column 12 is entered the number in Column 6, corrected by subtraction of the number in Column 8 and by addition of the number in Column 9.
Deaths under 1 year of age in Column 10 are similarly corrected.
Rates in Columns 5, 7, and 13 are calculated per 1,000 of estimated population corrected from the 1911 Census.
"Transferable Deaths" are deaths of persons who, having a fixed or usual residence in England or Wales, die in a district other than that in which
they resided. The following special cases arise as to Transferable Deaths:—
(1.) Persons dying in institutions for the sick or infirm, such as hospitals, lunatic asylums, workhouses, and nursing homes (but not almshouses), must
be regarded as residents of the district in which they had a fixed or usual residence at the time of admission. If the person dying in an institution had no
fixed residence at the time of admission, the death is not transferable. If the patient has been directly transferred from one such institution to another,
the death is transferable to the district of residence at the time of admission to the first institution.
(2.) The deaths of infants born and dying within a year of birth in an institution to which the mother was admitted for her confinement should be
referred to the district of fixed or usual residence of the parent.
(3.) Deaths from violence are to be referred (a) to the district of residence, under the general rule; (4) if this district is unknown, or the deceased
had no fixed abode, to the district where the accident occurred, if known; (e) failing this, to the district where death occurred, if known ; and (d) failing
this, to the district where the body was found.
Total population at all ages 60,261
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water) 2,502 7 Number of inhabited houses 17,540 V At Census of 1911.
Average number of persons per house 9.1