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City of Westminster 1950
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Deaths, 1950.
| Causes of Deaths. | Years of Age. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | All Ages. | 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15- 25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65-75 | 75+ | |
| All Causes | M. | 554 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 172 | 146 | 147 |
| F. | 514 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 124 | 115 | 227 | |
| Grand Totals | 1,068 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 73 | 296 | 261 | 374 | |
| Tuberculosis, Respiratory | M. | 30 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 |
| F. | 7 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | — | — | |
| Tuberculosis, Other | M. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F. | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | ||
| Syphilitic Disease | M. | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — |
| F. | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Diphtheria | M. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Whooping Cough | M. | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Meningococcal Infections | M. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | M. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Measles | M.— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F. | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | |
| Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | M. | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| F. | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | M. | 17 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| F. | 14 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus | M. | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 6 | 4 |
| F. | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | M. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F. | 26 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 13 | 3 | 8 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | M. | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — |
| F. | 12 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 8 | 2 | — | |
| Other Malignant and Lymphatic Neoplasms | M. | 77 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 21 |
| F. | 60 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 22 | 14 | 21 | |
| Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | M. | 7 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — |
| F. | 3 | — | — | — | *-- | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Diabetes | M. | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| F | 5 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | |