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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table VI.—
| Causes of Death. | Corrected Deaths in the City at subjoined Ages. | DeathsIN 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | 22 | 3 | 18 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Scarlet fever | 12 | - | 8 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 6 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Epidemic influenza | 42 | - | - | - | - | 18 | 24 | - | 7 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 8 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Whooping cough | 27 | 12 | 15 | — | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 7 | - | 13 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Diphtheria, Memb. croup | 16 | 2 | 10 | 3 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 5 | -_ | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Enteric fever | 9 | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Diarrhœa | 20 | 13 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | - | -_ | 6 | — | 9 | 1 | 2 | _ | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| Epidemic enteritis | 7 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Enteritis | 19 | 9 | — | — | — | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | |
| Erysipelas | 6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | - | — | _- | 1 | - | |
| Puerperal fever | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | - | - | |
| 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 | - | 2 | -_ | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | ||
| Syphilis, &c | 17 | 12 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | -_ | - | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | |
| Diabetes | 21 | -_ | -_ | -_ | -_ | 15 | 6 | -_ | 1 | - | 2 | 11 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | ] | 1 | ||
| Malarial diseases | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | — | 1 | - | - | - | — | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Rheumatic fever | 11 | — | — | 5 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | - | 1 | — | — | — | |