London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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| Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and up. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | 91 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 28 | 109 | 295 | 320 | 897 |
| F. | 63 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 28 | 95 | 204 | 295 | 726 |
| 1921 | 154 | 28 | 32 | 35 | 56 | 204 | 499 | 615 | 1,623 |
| 1920 | 167 | 18 | 21 | 27 | 53 | 222 | 517 | 575 | 1,600 |
| 1919 | 140 | 24 | 31 | 33 | 80 | 265 | 570 | 676 | 1,819 |
Deaths of males show a decrease under 1 and between 25 and 45
and increases at all other age periods.
Deaths of females show slight increases between 1 and 2 and 2 and 5,
and decreases at all other age periods.
The increased mortality at the younger ages being chiefly due to
Diarrhoea, Whooping Cough and Diphtheria.
At the higher ages, there is an increase in both males and females of
deaths from old age, bronchitis and diseases of the heart and bloodvessels.
Among males death by accident and negligence show an increase of
11, while females are 5 less. Suicide and murder caused 16 more
deaths among males than in 1920.
The deaths were distributed in the wards in the years 1919, 1920 and 1921 as follows:—
| 1919. Total. | 1920. | 1921. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | ||
| Conduit | 17 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| Grosvenor | 115 | 47 | 55 | 102 | 57 | 50 | 107 |
| Hamlet | 82 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 18 | 29 | 47 |
| K. St. George | 134 | 48 | 54 | 102 | 55 | 55 | 110 |
| Victoria | 483 | 210 | 254 | 464 | 234 | 233 | 467 |
| St. Margaret | 75 | 62 | 44 | 106 | 44 | 37 | 81 |
| St. John | 388 | 198 | 168 | 3C6 | 214 | 162 | 376 |
| St. Anne | 93 | 53 | 44 | 97 | 47 | 36 | 83 |
| Gt. Marlborough | 54 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 16 | 12 | 28 |
| Pall Mall | 46 | 26 | 7 | 33 | 20 | 11 | 31 |
| Regent | 74 | 43 | 18 | 61 | 35 | 37 | 72 |
| Charing Cross | 32 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 38 |
| Covent Garden | 66 | 31 | 36 | 67 | 38 | 23 | 61 |
| Strand | 68 | 42 | 7 | 49 | 57 | 12 | 69 |
| Homeless | 98 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 33 |
Infantile Mortality.—The corrected death rate of infants for Westminster
was 80.2 deaths per 1,000 births, the average of the previous five
years having been 87.6. This is the lowest recorded, with the exception
of the rate in 1920.
Below are given figures for both births and deaths of infants corrected,
distinguishing legitimate and illegitimate births, showing the rates for
a series of years