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City of Westminster 1908

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

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Table: Causes of, and ages at, death during the five weeks ending 1st February, 1908 :—

Causes of, and ages at, death during the five weeks ending 1st February, 1908 :—

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 lvnightsbridge.Knightsbridge St. George.Victoria.St. MargaretSt. John.St. Anne.Great Marlborough.Pall Mall.Regent.Charing Cross.Covent Garden.Strand.
Smallpox...............................................................
Measles211........................11........................
Scarlet Fever............................................................
Epidemic Influenza3............3...............111.....................
Whooping Cough11.........................................................
Diphtheria, Memb. Group2...11.....................1i............................
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis...............................................................
Enteric Fever2.........11......2....................................
Diarrhœa21.........1.........1.................................
Epidemic Enteritis...............................................................
Enteritis22.................................2.....................
Erysipelas...............................................................
Puerperal Fever...............................................................
Other septic diseases1............1..................1........................
Syphilis, &c................................................................
Diabetes3............3...............2...........................
Malarial Diseases...............................................................
Rheumatic Fever1......1...........................1.....................
Tuberculosis of Meninges4...211..................2...1.........1.........
Tuberculosis of Lungs19.........1171...6......8...311...............
Tuberculosis of Peritoneum1......1.....................1...........................
Other forms of Tuberculosis211..............................11..................
Alcoholism2............2...............1......1..................
Malignant Growths22............1210.........18171......3......1
'Premature Birth11.......................................1...............
Developmental Diseases121 11...............2......314.........2.........
Old Age15............114............2...333...1...12
Meningitis and Convulsions11.................................1.....................
Other Diseases of Nervous System6............24...1......11...............1i
Valvular Diseases of Heart3............12.........12...........................
Other Circulatory Diseases20.........1811c2......7...31211...
Bronchitis4122...111521...1131121024...214...
Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia6...1......4......2......1...1...1...1.........
Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia851.........2...i...1......41..................
Other Respiratory Diseases1551......3611...1812..................1
Cirrhosis of Liver5............41............11............12.........
Other Digestive Diseases9.........153...3......2.........1.........2I
Bright's Disease, &c.8............3511.........13...1...1.........
Generative System Diseases...............................................................
Accidents and Diseases of Parturition...............................................................
Deaths by Accident or Negligence9...23...22............2...2...3...1......1
Deaths by Suicide and Murder5.........14...............2...12..................
All other Causes511.........31......12...............1.........
All Causes2383214779286422296911531317116498