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MALES.
Table I.—Causes of, and Ayes at, Death during the year 1923.
Causes of Death. | Corrected Deaths in the City at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Wards (at all Ages). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Scarlet fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Influenza | 9 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 5 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Whooping-cough | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Diphtheria, Memb. croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Cerebro-spinal meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Enteric fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Diarrhœa, enteritis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Other septic diseases | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Syphilis, &c. | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Diabetes | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Rheumatic fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System | 68 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 22 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | — | 17 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 8 | — |
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 4 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Malignant growths | 111 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 58 | 47 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | — |
Congenital debility, malformation, and premature birth | 29 | 28 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Old age | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | 1 | — | — | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | — |
Meningitis and convulsions | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |