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City of Westminster 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table IX.— Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the 52 weeks ending 30 th December, 1905.
| 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. | Eegent. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. | |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 44 | 13 | 29 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 15 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 4. | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Epidemic influenza | 29 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 8 | 1 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping cough | 35 | 23 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 9 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria, Memb. croup | 5 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 5 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Diarrhœa | 27 | 16 | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Epidemic enteritis | 20 | 16 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 6 | — | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Enteritis | 17 | 8 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | 6 | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Other septic diseases | 23 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 16 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Syphilis, &c. | 19 | 15 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| Diabetes | 17 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 6 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Malarial diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rheumatic fever | 10 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |