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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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T able IX.—
| 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. | Regent. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. | |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 26 | 8 | 17 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | 17 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 8 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Epidemic influenza | 50 | — | — | — | — | 20 | 30 | — | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 11 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 |
| Whooping cough | 10 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Diphtheria, Memb. croup | 17 | 3 | 9 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 7 | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — |
| Diarrhoea | 11 | 5 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Epidemic enteritis | 13 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 7 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteritis | 23 | 15 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 1 | ] | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal fever | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | 3 | — | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | |
| Syphilis, &c | 15 | 7 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Diabetes | 16 | — | — | — | 1 | 12 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Malarial diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rheumatic fever | 7 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||