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City of Westminster 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: which give rates per 1,000 estimated to be living at these periods as follows:—..

which give rates per 1,000 estimated to be living at these periods as follows:—..

—Under 5.5-15.15-25.25-45.45-65.65 & Up.All Ages.
1921 M.41.02.82.45.218.892.014.6
1922 M.34.02.72.75.521.1100.015.0
1923 M.18.21.42.04..317.686.012.6
1924 M.27.33.21.95.021.698.514.7
1921 F.28.82.01.13.010.660.09.0
1922 F.22.33.12.03.213.580.010.7
1923 F.18.01.31.42.710.776.49.1
1924 F.26.52.41.52.511.874.89.6

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Comparison of the rates at different ages shows increases over 1923
in children of both sexes and in males over 45 years of age, but females
over that age show a better record and have not suffered to the same
extent as males of the same age.
In a Table appended to this section of the Report, the causes of death
are set out. By comparison with the similar Table in the 1923 Report,
it appears that among males the excess of deaths was chiefly caused by
influenza, bronchitis and pneumonia, diseases of the heart and blood
vessels, tuberculosis, measles and diphtheria; among females, the excess
is due to respiratory diseases, influenza, accidents, diseases of the digestive
organs, measles, diphtheria and scarlet fever.

Table: The deaths were distributed in the wards in the years 1921,1922,1923 and 1924 as follows:—

The deaths were distributed in the wards in the years 1921,1922,1923 and 1924 as follows:—

—1921.1922.1923.1924.
M.F.Total.M.F.Total.M.F.Total.M.F.Total.
Conduit8122061824111223111122
Grosvenor575010756681244847955052102
Hamlet182947372966293059302858
K. St. George5555110645612045561014360103
Victoria234233467249283532217261478245282527
St. Margaret4437815249101433780503383
St. John214162376240203443170166336245196441
St. Anne473683353065392160412667
Gt. Marlborough16122819173691524221234
Pall Mall20113124113512122433841
Regent353772273259213051352257
Charing Cross281038197261892717926
Covent Garden382361402868342256262551
Strand5712694913624285040747
Homeless26733231235181129231134

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There was an increase in the number of male deaths in Victoria, St.
John's, Great Marlborough, Pall Mall and Regent Wards; an increase in