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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 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: Average Number of Occupants per Room.—The following table shows an improvement in the average number of persons occupying tenements in Westminster of less than four rooms:—

Average Number of Occupants per Room.—The following table shows an improvement in the average number of persons occupying tenements in Westminster of less than four rooms:—

1891.1901.1911.
Tenements—
One room2.91.81.6
Two rooms1.61.51.4
Three rooms1.31.31.2
Four rooms1.11.11.0

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Ages and Condition as to Marriage.—A comparison of the proportion
of males and females in the population of the County of London and
the City of Westminster shows that males are fewer in Westminster
than in the County and females are more. There are also considerable
differences at various age periods, which have an appreciable effect when
comparisons are made of birth and death rates and with respect to the
incidence of infectious disease.

Table: Proportion per 100,000 of Population.

Proportion per 100,000 of Population.

County of London.City of Westminster.
Males.Females.Males.Females.
All ages47,02552,97545,831-54,169 +
Under 55,1875,1503,041-3,046-
5-104,7744,8152,706-2,784-
10-154,4014,4892,634-2.684-
15-204,2744,6974,112-4,614-
20-254,2255,2616,018 +7,221 +
25-304,1945,1115,168 +6,897 +
30-353,8484,4524,235 +5,563 +
35-403,4933,9643,910 +4,878 +
40-453,0083,4033,416 +4,038 +
45-502,5892,9192,996 +3,443 +
50-552,1442,4082,475 +2,699 +
55-601,6361,8821,880 +2,009 +
60-651,2751,5141,355 +1,543 +
65-709341,192907-1,193
70-75575856542-797-
75-80293497288-438-
80-85125243104-215-
85-90409435-85-
90 and upwards10289-22-

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Up to the age of 20 the proportion of both males and females is less
than in London, but from that age on to 70 years it is greater; over
that age it is again less, but this may be in part due to the fact that a
number of elderly people who are in the Infirmaries are not reckoned,
as these institutions are situated outside the City. There is evidently