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City of Westminster 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: TableVIII.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the52weeks ending31st December,1904.

TableVIII.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the52weeks ending31st December,1904.

Causes of Death.Corrected Deaths in the City at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Wards (at all Ages).
All ages.Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.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.
Smallpox---------------------
Measles23716——-————24—82——1—33
Scarlet fever9-54——-—1—15—1-1-----
Epidemic influenza20———2810—3—1821--1--22
Whooping cough17314———————16—6—1———3-
Diphtheria, Memb. croup5—22—1—21————1—1—————
Croup————————————————————-
Enteric fever11———47————16121------
Diarrhœa42276——63121111517—3—1---
Epidemic enteritis38361———1—1——132162--2-11
Enteritis169—132111—12—631---1-
Erysipelas7———133———21—21--1---
Puerperal fever1----1-------1-------
Other septic diseases166--28-—42—3-41--2---
Syphilis, &c.105---41————5122------
Diabetes18———38714—471-----1--
Malarial diseases1----1----1----------
Rheumatic fever19-1638111—-2—8—2-1211