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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table XVII.— Tuberculosis. Deaths in the Various Wards in the City, distinguishing those in Common Lodging Houses.
Comparison of Two Periods of 4 Years each, 1901-4 and 1905-8.
| 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 l5. | 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. | |||||
| Deaths from pulmonary consumption— | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 years, 1901-4 | 1,249 | 4 | 22 | 25 | 125 | 996 | 77 | 6 | 38 | 19 | 46 | 271 | 85 | 362 | 88 | 56 | 15 | 62 | 22 | 73 | 106 | ||||
| (Common lodginq-house deaths) | (120) | — | — | — | (3) | (93) | (24) | — | — | — | — | — | (2) | (52) | (9) | — | — | (10) | — | (12) | (35) | ||||
| 4 years, 1905-8 | 937 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 777 | 74 | 87 | 7 | 39 | 17 | 29 | 227 | 46 | 339 | 41 | 26 | 7 | 33 | 10 | 75 | 41 | ||||
| (Common lodging-house deaths) Without common lodging-house deaths— | (131) | - | - | - | (3) | (100) | (28) | - | - | - | - | - | - | (83) | - | - | - | (1) | - | (26) | (21) | ||||
| 4 years, 1901-4 | 1,129 | 4 | 22 | 25 | 122 | 903 | 53 | 6 | 38 | 19 | 46 | 271 | 83 | 310 | 79 | 56 | 15 | 52 | 22 | 61 | 71 | ||||
| „ 1905-8 | 806 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 74 | 649 | 59 | 7 | 39 | 17 | 29 | 227 | 46 | 256 | 41 | 26 | 7 | 32 | 10 | 49 | 20 | ||||
| 4 years, 1901-4 | 278 | 65 | 92 | 34 | 33 | 52 | 2 | Pulmonary Phthisis. | Other Forms. | ||||||||||||||||
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| „ 1905-8 | 267 | 61 | 89 | 40 | 23 | 45 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 years, 1901-4 | 784 (90) | 465 (30) | 158 | 120 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1905-8 | 650 (115) | 287 (16) | 148 | 119 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| All forms, less common lodging-house deaths— | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 852 | 555 | 1,407 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1901-4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1905-8 | 683 | 390 | 1,073 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(Common lodging-house deaths in brackets.)