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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
Westminster 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster]
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The following table shows the Vital Statistics of London for the year 1900.
| Estimated population to middle of 1900 | 4,589,129. | |||
| Births | 130,868 | Birth-rate | 28.6 | |
| Deaths | 83,732 | Death-rate | 18.3 | |
| Zymotic Death Rate | 2.19. | |||
| Small Pox | 4 | Enteric Fever | 716 | |
| Measles | 1,928 | Simple and undefined | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 361 | Fever | 7 | |
| Diphtheria | 1,539 | Diarrhœa | 3,532 | |
| Whooping Cough | 1,945 | Phthisis | 7,809 | |
| Typhus | 2 | |||
Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to every 1,000
births—154.
Births and Deaths (St. Margaret and St. John)
foe the Year 1900.
Births.
The number of births registered during the year, when all
corrections have been made, was 1,056, showing a birth-rate of
18'9 per 1,000 of the population. Of these 280 births occurred
in St. Margaret's Parish, and 776 in St. John's.
Deaths.
The number of deaths of parishioners when duly corrected
amounted to 1,097, showing a death-rate of 19.7 per 1,000.
Of these deaths 373 occurred in St. Margaret's Parish and 724
in St. John's. The death-rate for the whole parish when
corrected for age and sex distribution was 22.2.