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City of Westminster 1904

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

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Table: Table IX—Death-rates per1,000Inhabitants in the City and Wards from VariousCauses,1904.

Table IX—Death-rates per1,000Inhabitants in the City and Wards from VariousCauses,1904.

Causes of Death.Deaths in Wards at all Ages.
Total.Conduit.Grosvenor.Hamlet of Knights-bridge.Knightsbridge St. George.Victoria.St. Margaret.St. John.St. Anne.Great Marlborough.Pail Mall.Regent.Charing Cross.Covent Garden.Strand.
Small-pox---------------
Measles0.1 3---0.130.10—0.250.17—-0.10—0.340.45
Scarlet fever0.05-0.6—0.060.12—0.03—0.14-————
Epidemic influenza0.12-0.20-0.080.200.140.03——0.32——0.230.30
Whooping cough0.09——-0.060.15—0.19—0.14———0.24—
Diphtheria, Membranous croup0.020 350.06————0.03-0.14———-—
Croup---------------
Enteric fever0.06---0.060.150.070.060.08------
Diarrhœal diseases0.540.350.260 130.130.650.521.250.450.52—0.30—0.230.15
Erysipelas0.03--—0.130.02—0.060.08——————
Puerperal fever0.00------0.03———0.24———
Other septic diseases0.09-0.26--0.07—0.120.08——————
Diabetes0.100.170.260.260.260.170.07—————0.23——
Venereal diseases0.05----0.120.070.060.17——————
Rheumatic fever0.100.170.06--0.05—0.25—0.28—0.100.460.110.15
Tuberculosis of meninges0.14—0.200.26—0.150.140.130.53————0.34-