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City of Westminster 1914

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Table: Below are given figures for both births and deaths of infants corrected, distinguishing legitimate and illegitimate births, showing the true rate in each of the last thirteen years:—

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Below are given figures for both births and deaths of infants corrected, distinguishing legitimate and illegitimate births, showing the true rate in each of the last thirteen years:—

Year.	Legitimate.			Illegitimate.			Total Rate.
Year.	Births.	Deaths.	Death rate per 1,000 births.	Births.	Deaths.	Death rate per 1,000 births.	Total Rate.
1902	3,275	410	125	186	32	172	127
1903	3,035	345	113	150	25	166	116
1904	2,920	320	109	134	40	298	118
1905	2,971	305	102	149	24	161	105
1906	2,744	285	103	187	38	203	110
1907	2,764	269	97	163	34	208	103
1908	2,739	266	97	174	27	155	100
1909	2,548	232	91	203	26	128	93
1910	2,399	189	78	193	25	129	82
1911	2,195	210	95	166	33	198	102
1912	2,194	168	76	155	27	174	83
1913	2,057	181	89	176	29	164	95
1914	1,995	147	73	162	24	118	79
Victoria Ward	624	52	83	61	7	114	86
St. Margaret and St. John	711	61	85	50	10	200	93
Rest of City	660	34	51	51	7	137	57

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For all London the rate was 104 in 1914, compared with 105 in
1913 and 91 per 1,000 in 1912; for England and Wales the rate was
105, compared with 109 in 1913, and 95, the rate for 1912.
Table V shows the causes of death of infants in the City as a whole,
and separately in Victoria Ward, St. Margaret and St. John Wards, and
in the remaining wards.
There is a general decrease in deaths from all other causes, except
for whooping cough and injuries and neglect at birth.
In a number of instances, the infants were not born in Westminster,
the families moving into the City afterwards, and thus there was
no information available until the death was registered.
Statistics of Dwellers in Block Dwellings.—These are set out in
Table VI.

Table: A comparison of the births and deaths in the Council's Buildings in Regency Street during the last nine years is given below.

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A comparison of the births and deaths in the Council's Buildings in Regency Street during the last nine years is given below.

Year.	Population.	Births.	Rate.	Deaths at all ages.	Rate.	Deaths of Infants under one per 1,000 births.
1905	1,138	57	500	23	20.2	140
1906	1,150	63	54.7	16	139	111
1907	1,163	60	516	18	15.5	116
1908	1,155	50	432	10	8.6	120
1909	1,156	44	380	12	10.3	99
1910	1,120	37	33.0	8	7.1	108
1911	1,063	37	34.8	19	17.8	81
1912	1,215	43	35.3	15	12.3	69
1913	1,113	39	34.3	9	7.9	128
1914	1,212	39	32.1	17	14.0	77

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City of Westminster 1914

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Table: Below are given figures for both births and deaths of infants corrected, distinguishing legitimate and illegitimate births, showing the true rate in each of the last thirteen years:—

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Table: A comparison of the births and deaths in the Council's Buildings in Regency Street during the last nine years is given below.