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City of Westminster 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Deaths.
1,817 deaths were registered in the City in the 52 weeks of 1927.
After deducting 1,015 deaths of non-citizens in public institutions, etc., in
the City, and adding those of 880 citizens who died in other districts,
the corrected total is 1,682, as compared with 1,608 in 1926, and is
equivalent to an annual rate of 12.3 per 1,000 persons (civilian
population).
The London death-rate for 1927 was 11.9 (civilians only), for England
and Wales 12.3. These rates are a little higher than in 1926 for the
country as a whole. The number of deaths and the death-rates per
1,000 for the past fifteen years are shown below:—
Table V. (From 1913 to 1927.)
| Year. | Number of Deaths. | Westminster Rate. | London Rate. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | 2,030 | 12.7 | 14.2 |
| 1914 | 1,946 | 12.7 | 14.4 |
| 1915 | 2,138 | 15.7 | 16.1 |
| 1916 | 1,827 | 13.7 | 14.3 |
| 1917 | 1,896 | 15.5 | 15.0 |
| 1918 | 2,062 | 16.3 | 18.9 |
| 1919 | 1,819 | 14.2 | 13.4 |
| 1920 | 1,600 | 10.9 | 12.4 |
| 1921 | 1,623 | 11.5 | 12.4 |
| 1922 | 1,796 | 12.9 | 13.4 |
| 1923 | 1,493 | 10.6 | 11.2 |
| 1924 | 1,695 | 11.8 | 12.1 |
| 1925 | 1,728 | 12.3 | 11.7 |
| 1926 | 1,608 | 11.6 | 11.6 |
| 1927 | 1,682 | 12.3 | 11.9 |
The deaths of males were 908, females 774.
Table VI.
| 1927. | Under 1 year | 1 to 2 years | 2 to 5 years | 5 to 15 years | 15 to 25 years | 25 to 45 years | 45 to 65 years | 65 and up. years | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | 51 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 88 | 324 | 387 | 908 |
| F. | 45 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 91 | 209 | 388 | 774 |
| 1920 | 167 | 18 | 21 | 27 | 53 | 222 | 517 | 575 | 1,600 |
| 1921 | 154 | 28 | 32 | 35 | 56 | 204 | 499 | 615 | 1,623 |
| 1922 | 104 | 26 | 32 | 41 | 62 | 211 | 584 | 736 | 1,796 |
| 1923 | 83 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 46 | 171 | 463 | 682 | 1.493 |
| 1924 | 96 | 32 | 39 | 41 | 46 | 184 | 557 | 700 | 1,695 |
| 1925 | 106 | 28 | 22 | 25 | 65 | 198 | 496 | 788 | 1,728 |
| 1926 | 96 | 28 | 20 | 24 | 50 | 185 | 509 | 096 | 1,608 |
| 1927 | 96 | 13 | 20 | 24 | 42 | 179 | 533 | 775 | 1.682 |
The causes of death are set out in Table IV. There was an increase
among the males of deaths from the following causes:—Influenza, cancer,
valvular disease of heart, respiratory and circulatory diseases, and deaths