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City of Westminster 1913
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Table I.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the year ending 3rd January, 1914.
| Causes of Death. | Corrected Deaths in the City at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Wards (at all Ages). | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 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 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | _ |
| Scarlet fever | 6 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | _ | _ | 1 | _ | ||
| Influenza | 35 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Whooping-cough | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | l | — | 6 | — | _ | — | 1 | _ | — | _ |
| Diphtheria, Memb. croup | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | _ | 3 | 1 | __ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | — | |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | — | _ | _ | _ | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 4 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 2 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | — |
| Diarrhoea | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Enteritis | 29 | 23 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | 10 | 1 | 15 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | — | — | _ | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||
| Puerperal fever | 2 | _ | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | —1— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | 2 | _ | _ | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| Syphilis, &c | 11 | 6 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | 6 | _ | — | — | 1 | _ | 2 | — |
| Diabetes | 14 | _ | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | |||||||||
| Rheumatic fever | 5 | _ | _ | _ | 2 | ] | 2 | _ | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Tuberculosis of meninges | 19 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | — | _ | _ | _ | __ | _ | _ | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Tuberculosis of lungs | 198 | — | — | 1 | 13 | 92 | 81 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 11 | 56 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 17 | |