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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table IV-continued.
| Causes of Death. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18. Other circulatory diseases | M. | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 15 | 11 | 21 |
| F | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 13 | 21 | |
| 19. Bronchitis | M> | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| F. | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 20. Pneumonia (all | M. | 36 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| forms) | F. | 34 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 5 / | 5 | 14 |
| 21. Other respiratory diseases | M | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | |
| F. | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 22. Peptic ulcer | M | 21. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| F. | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | |
| 23. Diarrhoea, etc | M. | 8 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| F. | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| 24. Appendicitis | M. | 9 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2, | 1 | - | |
| F. | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | ||||
| 25. Cirrhosis of liver | M. | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 2 |
| F. | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| 26. Other diseases of liver, etc. | M. | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | |
| F. | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | |
| 27. Other digestive diseases | M. | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| F. | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| 28. Acute and chronic nephritis | M. | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| F. | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | -- | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| 29. Puerperal sepsis | F. | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | -- | -- | - | - |
| 30. Other puerperal causes | F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31. Congenital debility, premature birth, malformation, etc. | M. | 21 | 20 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | 13 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 32. Senility | M. | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| F. | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | |
| 33. Suicide | M. | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | - | - |
| F. | 10 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| 34. Other violence | M. | 30 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| F. | 21 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
| 35. Other defined diseases | M. | 51 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 |
| F. | 41 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |
| 36. Causes ill-defined, or unknown | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | -- |