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City of Westminster 1921
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I MALES. Table I.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the year 1921.
| 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 55. | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Influenza | 14 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Whooping-cough | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria, Memb. croup | 14 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diarrhœa, enteritis | 18 | 15 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Other septic diseases | 8 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Syphilis, &c. | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diabetes | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Rheumatic fever | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of meninges | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of lungs | 77 | — | — | 1 | — | 10 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 17 | 3 | 27 | 2 | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| Tuberculosis of peritoneum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other forms of tubrroulosis | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malignant growths | 106 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | 45 | 55 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| Congenital debility, malformation, and premature birth | 43 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Old age | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.0 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 15 | — | 10 | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |