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City of Westminster 1923
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FEMALES. Table I.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the year 1923.
| Causes of Death. | corbected deaths in the clty 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 26. | 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 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Influenza | 11 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping-cough | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria, Memb. croup | 4 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Cerebrospinal meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diarrhœa, enteritis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other septic diseases | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Syphilis, &c. | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diabetes Rheumatic fever | 6 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of the respiratory system | 35 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 14 | 1 | 12 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Non-pulmonary tuberculosis | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malignant growths | 126 | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 53 | 57 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 8 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Congenital debility, malformation, and premature birth | 26 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | — | 1 | 1 | 9 | — | 2 | — | 1 | |
| Old age | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 48 | 1 | — | 1 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 14 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Meningitis and conrulsions | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |