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City of Westminster 1915
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The population of Westminster as estimated to the middle of the
year 1915, on this method is 135,104. Under normal conditions the
population would have been about 150,000. liates calculated on such
figures cannot be regarded as reliable.
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The following table shows the distribution of births (including infants born in institutions outside the City) according to wards :—
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The birth-rate, uncorrected, was 11.4, corrected 13.2 per 1,000 persons.
The birth-rate for the County of London for 1915 was 22.6, and
for England and Wales, 219.
Ihe subjoined table shows that the births ot legitimate children were considerably less, while there was an increase among the illegitimate.
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The proportion of males and females born is of interest, in view of
the theory that more boys than girls are born under war conditions than