London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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| Tuberculous peritonitis, tabes mesenterica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | —. | 2 |
| Other tuberculous diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 7 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Syphilis | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 15 |
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 |
| Meningitis (not tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 5 |
| Convulsions | 2 | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | — | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | 2 | 4 | 26 | |
| Suffocation, overlaying | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 20 |
| 66 | 24 | 18 | 23 | 131 | 31 | 33 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 329 |
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Births in the year (corrected):—Legitimate, 2,971; illegitimate, 149.
Deaths from all causes at all ages, 2,347.
Population, estimated to middle of 1905, 175,606.