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City of Westminster 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: Table I.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death du/ring the year ended, 1st January, 1916.

Table I.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death du/ring the year ended, 1st January, 1916.

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.Homeless.
Smallpox————————————————————————
Measles39713142—3_——111104151——3_111
Scarlet fever11——55—1———1—12—5————2——
Influenza521———1517282244192532—3—2—4
Whooping-cough10361———————112131————1——
Diphtheria, Memb. croup12—147———————15—4—————2——
Cerebro-spinal meningitis91—11231————11221—11—1——
Enteric fever2—————11————1—1—————————
Infective Diarrhœa87—1—————————1—222———1——
Enteritis292031——122————10212—2———2—1
Erysipelas41—————3—1—1—2——————————
Puerperal fever3——————————————————————
Other septic diseases121——21251——125———————22—
Syphilis, &c191011——421————5171——2——12
Diabetes25———487634—26131——122——
Rheumatic fever5——122———————3—1—————1——
Tuberculosis of meninges14427——1——————6—3—2—11—1—
Tuberculosis of lungs193124424846113—62104775681013—101716