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City of Westminster 1914
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Table I.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the year ended 2nd January, 1915.
| 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. | Coyent Garden. | Strand. | |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 10 | — | — | 3 | 5 | 1 | i | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Influenza | 17 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Whooping-cough | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 11 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 4 | — |
| Diphtheria, Memb. croup | 15 | 1 | — | 8 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 8 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Infective Diarrhœa | 11 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteritis | 24 | 18 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — : | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | 5 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | |
| Syphilis, &c. | 7 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Diabetes | 16 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 10 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | l |
| Rheumatic fever | 7 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of meninges | 8 | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | I | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Tuberculosis of lungs | 211 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 95 | 76 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 51 | 8 | 75 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 |