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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 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table X.—
| Causes of Death, 1902. | Total. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conduit. | Grosvenor. | Hamlet of Knightsbridge. | Knightsbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | St. Anne. | Great Marlborough. | Pall Mall. | Regent. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. | ||
| Small-pox | 39 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Scarlet fever | 15 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | — | 1 | - | — | 2 |
| Measles | 43 | 1 | 1 | — | - | 10 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 7 | - | 4 | - | — | — |
| Epidemic influenza | 43 | 2 | 8 | — | 6 | 15 | 1 | 5 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Whooping cough | 34 | 1 | 1 | — | .— | 6 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 5 | 2 | |
| Diphtheria | 31 | — | 4 | — | 5 | 6 | — | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | — | |
| Enteric fever | 22 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Continued fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | .—. | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 5 | — | —. | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | - | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of lungs | 329 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 69 | 23 | 104 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 29 |
| „ other forms | 84 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Respiratory diseases | 664 | 7 | 37 | 9 | 37 | 127 | 39 | 191 | 44 | 30 | 7 | 48 | 14 | 34 | 40 |
| Diarrhœa | 88 | — | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 6 | 2 |
| Acute rheumatism | 16 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal fever | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| All other causes | 1,534 | 44 | 98 | 45 | 72 | 400 | 108 | 335 | 89 | 69 | 19 | 77 | 23 | 83 | 72 |
| Totals | 2,952 | 58 | 172 | 61 | 149 | 695 | 195 | 751 | 173 | 137 | 32 | 158 | 48 | 154 | 169 |