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City of Westminster 1925
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MALES. Table IV.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the year 1925.
| Causes of Death. | corrected deaths in tub 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 Kniglitsbridge. | Kniglitsbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | St. Anne. | Great Marlborough. | Pall Mall. | Regent. | Charing Cross. | Corent Garden. | I Strand. | Homeless. | |
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Influenza | 13 | —_ | — | — | — | — | 3 | 7 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| "Whooping-cough | 11 | 5 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria, Memb. croup | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebrospinal meningitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Enteric fever | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diarahoea, enteritis | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other septic diseases | 6 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Syphilis, &c | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Diabetes | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Rheumatic fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of lungs | 78 | — | — | 1 | — | 7 | 28 | 36 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 26 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | 7 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | _ | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Malignant growths.. | 114 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 49 | 60 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | S> | 4 |
| Congenital debility, malformation, and premature birth | 19 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 11 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | |
| Old age | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 7 | — | 8 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5 |
| Meningitis and convulsions | 6 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | ~— | — | — | — | — | ~~~ | — | — |