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City of Westminster 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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The causes of death are set out in Table IV, and those which .have
mainly contributed to the increase in deaths as compared with 1924
are, for males, whooping cough, enteritis, cancer, pneumonia, diseases of
the heart and blood vessels, digestive organs, kidneys and accidents.
In the case of females, whooping cough, diseases of the digestive system
and kidneys, cancer, pneumonia, and deaths by violence seem to have
contributed to the greatest extent. The distribution of deaths in the
various wards of the City are shown in the following table, and may be _
compared with the similar figures during the four preceding years:—
Table .VII.
| - | 1921. | 1922. | 1923. | 1924. | 1925. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m. | f. | Total. | m. | f. | Total. | m. | f. | Total. | m. | f. | Total. | m. | f. | Total | |
| Conduit | 8 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| Grosvenor | 57 | 50 | 107 | 56 | 68 | 124 | 48 | 47 | 95 | 50 | 52 | 102 | 80 | 49 | 129 |
| Hamlet | 18 | 29 | 47 | 37 | 29 | 66 | 29 | 30 | 59 | 30 | 28 | 58 | 23 | 20 | 43 |
| K St. George | 55 | 55 | 110 | 64 | 56 | 120 | 45 | 56 | 101 | 43 | 60 | 103 | 58 | 61 | 119 |
| Victoria | 234 | 233 | 467 | 249 | 283 | 532 | 217 | 261 | 478 | 245 | 282 | 527 | 275 | 305 | 580 |
| St. Margaret | 44 | 37 | 81 | 52 | 49 | 101 | 43 | 37 | 80 | 50 | 33 | 83 | 37 | 42 | 79 |
| St. John | 214 | 162 | 376 | 240 | 203 | 443 | 170 | 166 | 336 | 245 | 196 | 441 | 221 | 189 | 410 |
| St. Anne | 47 | 36 | 83 | 35 | 30 | 65 | 39 | 21 | 60 | 41 | 26 | 67 | 37 | 29 | 66 |
| Gt. Marlborough | 16 | 12 | 28 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 34 | 7 | 20 | 27 |
| Pall mall | 20 | 11 | 31 | 24 | 11 | 35 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 33 | 8 | 41 | 19 | 7 | 26 |
| Regent | 35 | 37 | 72 | 27 | 32 | 59 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 35 | 22 | 57 | 27 | 21 | 48 |
| Charging Cross | 28 | 10 | 38 | 19 | 7 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 25 |
| Covent Garden | 38 | 23 | 61 | 40 | 28 | 68 | 34 | 22 | 56 | 26 | 25 | 51 | 31 | 28 | 59 |
| Strand | 57 | 12 | 69 | 49 | 13 | 62 | 42 | 8 | 50 | 40 | 7 | 47 | 60 | 3 | 63 |
| Homeless | 26 | 7 | 33 | 23 | 12 | 35 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 34 | 23 | 16 | 39 |
It will be noticed that there is an increase in the male deaths in
Grosvenor, Knightsbridge St. George, Victoria, Covent Garden and
Strand Wards. St. Margaret, St. Anne, Great Marlborough and Covent
Garden Wards show increased deaths among females. There was a
marked increase in the deaths in Victoria Ward, notably in the age
group of 65 years and upwards.
Cancer continues to claim an increasing number of victims each year;
accounted for rather more than one-seventh of the total deaths in
1925, or 13-31 per cent. The figures since 1921 are shown below:—
1921 201
1922 225
1923 237
1924 205
1925 230