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City of Westminster 1925
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FEMALES Table IV. (continued)—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the year 1925.
| 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 | —- | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Influenza | 24 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Whooping-cough | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria, Memb. croup . | 8 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebrospinal meningitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diarrhoea, enteritis | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | _ | — | _ | _ | — | 1 | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other septic diseases | 7 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Syphilis, &c | —_ | — | — | —_ | _ | — | .— | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | _— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diabetes | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rheumatic fever | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of lungs, &e | 37 | — | — | — | 2 | 9 | 18 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | 7 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | —- | — |
| Malignant growths | 116 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 13 | 68 | 42 | — | 9 | 3 | 13 | 43 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Congenital debility, malformation, and premature birth | 24 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 14 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Old age | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Meningitis and convulsions | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |