Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
This page requires JavaScript
MALES
Table I.—Causes of, and Ages al, Death during the year 1920.
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. | Eegent. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. | Homeless. | |
Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Scarlet fever | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | —_ | —_ | —_ | — | 1 | —_ | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Influenza | 19 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Whooping-cough | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Diphtheria, Memb. croup | 6 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Enteric fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Diarrhoea, enteritis | 15 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | —_ | 1 | — | — |
Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Puerperal ferver | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Other septic diseases | 6 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Syphilis, Ac | 8 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Diabetes | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Rheumat ic fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Tuberculosis of meninges | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Tuberculosis of lungs | 82 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 25 | 43 | — | — | 4 | — | 4 | 24 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | 2 | 8 | 2 |
Tuberculosis of peritoneum | 2 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |