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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 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table XVIII.—Death-rates and Causes of Death during the 52 Weeks ending 28th December, 1901, for the County of London,
the City of Westminster and Wards.
| Causes of Death. | The County of London. | The City of Westminster. | Death-rates in Wakds (at all Age3). | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conduit | Grosvenor. | Knightsbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | Hamlet of Knightsbridge. | Pall Mall. | Eegent. | Great Marlborough. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. | St. Anne. | |||
| Smallpox | 0 .05 | 0.091 | - | 0.06 | 0.06 | _ | 0.03 | _ | _ | 0.20 | _ | 0.17 | 0.43 | 0.95 | - | |
| Measles | 0.43 | 0.318 | 0.17 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.28 | 0.96 | 0.13 | 0.24 | — | 0.26 | 0.34 | 0.43 | 0.54 | 0.17 |
| Scarlet fever | 0.133 | 0.038 | — | — | — | 0.04 | - | 0.03 | 0.13 | — | — | 0.13 | — | 0.21 | 0.27 | — |
| Typhus fever | 0.00 | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Epidemic influenza | 0.146 | 0 156 | — | 0.19 | 0.31 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.38 | 0.26 | 0.24 | -. | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping-cough | 0.35 | 0.259 | 0.17 | 0.52 | 0.59 | 0.19 | — | 0.15 | 0.39 | — | 0.41 | 0.79 | 0.17 | 0.32 | 0.13 | — |
| Diphtheria, Membranous croup | 0.29 | 0.113 | — | 0.06 | — | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.15 | — | — | — | 0.26 | — | 0.21 | 0.13 | 0.17 |
| Croup | 0.008 | 0.005 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 0.11 | 0.107 | — | — | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.06 | — | 0.24 | 0.20 | 0.26 | 0-17 | — | 0.27 | — |
| Diarrhoea, Epidemic enteritis | 0.860 | 0.52 | 0.17 | 0.06 | 0.31 | 0.49 | 0.21 | 1.15 | 0.13 | — | 0.92 | 0.92 | — | 0.43 | 0.95 | 0.25 |
| Dysentery | 0.03 | — | — | — | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.13 | — | |
| Enteritis | 0.315 | 0.07 | — | — | — | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.09 | — | — | — | 0.31 | — | — | 0.13 | — |
| Other continued fevers | 0.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 0.037 | 0.038 | — | — | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.06 | — | — | 0.10 | — | — | — | 0.13 | 0-08 |
| Puerperal fever | 0.045 | 0.021 | — | — | 0.06 | 0.17 | — | 1.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other septic diseases | 0.043 | 0.052 | 0.17 | — | 0.06 | 0.02 | — | 0.06 | 0.26 | — | 0.10 | — | — | — | 0.27 | — |
| Malarial disease | — | 0.013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.48 | 0.10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rheumatic fever | 0.080 | 0.096 | 0.17 | — | 0.19 | 0.04 | 0.28 | 0.06 | 0.13 | — | — | — | — | 0.32 | 0.13 | 0.08 |