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City of Westminster 1922

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

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Table: fensus 1901.

fensus 1901.

Age Periods.Per cent.Total.Males.Females.
Under 57.012,8056,4166,389
5 and under 1512.522,88011,32911,551
15 „ 2523.5743,18819,99423,194
25 „ 3521.6539,60517,29122,314
35 „ 4515.0627,57012,81014,760
45 „ 5510.1418,5708,8589,712
55 „ 656.1911,3595,3036,056
65 and over3.847,0342,9624,072
100.00183,01184,96398,048

Table: Census 1911.

Census 1911.

Age periods.Per cent.Total.Males.Females.
Under 56.019,7464,8714,875
5-1510.8017,3328,5628,770
15-2521.9335,19816,23318,965
25-3521.8235,04015,07019,970
35-4516.2326,03011,74114,289
45-5511.6118,6118,7689,843
55-656.7910,8775,1845,693
65 and up4.647,4273,0204,407
100.00160,26173,44986,812

Table: Census 1921.

Census 1921.

Age Periods.Per cent.Total.Males.Females.
Under 54.31-6,119-3,031-3,088-
5-1510.05-14,252-7,051-7,201-
15-2519.48-27,532-11,520-16,012-
25-3519.31-27,380-10,566-16,814-
35-4517.09+24,205-10,199-14,006-
45-5514.62+20,703+9,388+11,315+
3 5-659.27+13,140+6,160+6,980+
65+5.82+8,247+3,465+4,782 +
100.00141,57861,38080,198

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It will be seen in the accompanying Table that there was some indication
of this change in 1911 in women between 45 and 55, and in both
men and women over 65 years of age.
The reduction in population is thus confined to persons under 45 years
of age, and all the age periods below 45 are affected in both sexes. The
decline in the birth-rate during the last 20 years accounts to some extent
for the decrease in the number of persons in the groups up to 25. The
effect of the war is seen in the proportionately greater decrease of males
in the groups 15-25, 25-35 and 35-45 as compared with the figures for
females at the same ages.