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City of Westminster 1921

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

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Table: Proportion of males and females. City of Westminster.

Proportion of males and females. City of Westminster.

Year.Males.Females.Males.Females.
Per Cent.Per Cent.
190146.453.6100115
191145.854.2100118
192143.356.7100130

Table: St. George's Division.

St. George's Division.

Year.Males.Females.Males.Females.
Per Cent.Per Cent.
190142.058.0100138
191141.358.7100142
192139.061.0100156

Table: Abbey Division.

Abbey Division.

Year.Males.Females.Males.Females.
Per Cent.Per Cent.
190150.349.710098.6
191150.149.910099.6
192148.052.0100108.0

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In Westminster the proportion has risen from 118 to 130, in the St."
George's Division from 138 to 156, and in the Abbey Division from 98.6 to
108. At the two previous Censuses there were more males than females
in the Abbey Division, and it will be noticed that in this Division at the
1911 Census the decrease was about equal in the two sexes, now the
decrease of females is only a little more than half the male decrease,
but in the St. George's Division, where the decrease in the female
population was greater than that of the males, it is only 717, against
3,365 males.
Possibly, when the figures for the separate Wards are available, it
may be found that the decrease of females has occurred chiefly in the
May fair district through fewer domestic servants being kept; there may
even be an increase in the Pimlico area.
Effect of excess of females on death-rate.—The rate of mortality is
considerably less for females than for males, and thus a preponderance
of them* in the population produces a lower death-rate.