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City of Westminster 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table VIII.—
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Measles | 26 | 4 | 20 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Scarlet fever | 18 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Influenza | 43 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Whooping cough. | 23 | 11 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 9 | — | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Diphtheria, Memb. croup | 18 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |||||||||
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Enteric fever | 9 | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 3 | — | 1 | |||||
| Diarrhoea | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 2 | |||||
| Epidemic enteritis | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Enteritis | 23 | 20 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 11 | — | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Erysipelas | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | _- | _- | 1 | 1 | ||
| Puerperal fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | |||||||||
| 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Syphilis, &c. | 15 | 10 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Diabetes | 23 | — | — | — | 1 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gout | 8 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | ||||
| Rheumatic fever | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | ] | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | |||