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City of Westminster 1922
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FEMALES. Table I.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the year 1922.
| 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. | |
| Small pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Influenza | 52 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 16 | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Whooping cough | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria, Memb, croup | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | |
| Cerebro spinal meningitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| enteric fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| diarrhoea , enteritis | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other septic diseases | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| syphilis, & c. | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Diabetes | 12 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Rheumatic fever | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Tuberculosis of meninges | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of lungs | 62 | — | — | — | 1 | 11 | 2ft | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of peritoneum | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | 5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Malignant growths | 129 | — | — | — | 1 | 12 | 55 | 61 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 52 | 5 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | |
| Congenital debility, malformation, and premature | 16 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Old age | 63 | 63 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 15 | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | |||||||
| Meningitis and convulsions | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | ■ — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | - | - | |