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City of Westminster 1912
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Table II.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the year ending 28th December, 1912 :—
| Corrected Deaths in the City at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Wards (at all Ages). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Causes of Death. | All ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 15. | 45 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 | 36 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 2 | 24 | 1 | _ | — | _ | - | 1 | _ |
| Scarlet fever | 4 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 3 | _ | — | _ | — | _ | _ | _ |
| Influenza | 14 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping cough | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | 4 | — | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Diphtheria, Memb. croup | 12 | — | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | _ | — | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 3 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | __ | _ | _ | _ |
| Infective diarrhoea | 9 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | _ | _ | 1 | __ | _ | 2 | 3 | 2 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
| Enteritis | 28 | 22 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas. | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | _ | 1 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | _ | — | _ | — |
| Puerperal fever | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 25 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 7 | — | — | — | 1 | —: | 2 | — | |
| S yphilis, &c | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | _ | _ | — | 3 | _ | 4 | 1 | _ | — | _ | 1 | _ | _ |
| Diabetes | 22 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 13 | 7 | _ | _ | _ | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rheumatic fever | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | — | 1 | _ | — |
| Tuberculosis of meninges | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | 9 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of lungs | 183 | — | — | 1 | 8 | 17 | 86 | 55 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 12 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 13 |