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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Deaths.
1,661 deaths were registered in the City in the 52 weeks of 1928.
After deducting 992 deaths of non-citizens in public institutions, etc , in
the City, and adding those of 828 citizens who died in other districts,
the corrected total is 1,197, as compared with 1,082 in 1927, and is
equivalent to an annual rate of 11.5 per 1,000 persons (civilian
population), compared with 12*3 last year.
The London death-rate for 1928 was 11-6 (civilians only), for England
and Wales 11-7. These rates are a little lower than in 1927 for the
country as a whole. The number of deaths and the death-rates per
1,000 for the past fifteen years arc shown below :—
Table V. (From 1913 to 1927.)
Year. | Number of Deaths. | Westminster Rate. | London Rate. |
---|---|---|---|
1813 | 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 | 150 |
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 | 116 |
1927 | 1,682 | 12.3 | 11.9 |
1928 | 1,497 | 11.5 | 11.6 |
The deaths of males were 787, females 710.
Table VI. This table shows the total deaths distributed among age periods:—
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 | 47 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 87 | 278 | 316 | 787 |
F | 33 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 77 | 188 | 365 | 710 |
1920 | 167 | is | 21 | 27 | 53 | 222 | 517 | 575 | 1,600 |
1921 | 154 | 2s | 32 | 35 | 56 | 204 | 499 | 615 | 1,623 |
1922 | 104 | 26 | 32 | 41 | 02 | 211 | 584 | 736 | 1,796 |
1923 | 83 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 46 | 171 | 403 | 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 | 696 | 1,608 |
1927 | 96 | 13 | 20 | 24 | 42 | 179 | 633 | 775 | 1,682 |
1928 | 80 | 14 | 10 | 31 | 51 | 164 | 466 | 681 | 1.497 |
The causes of death are set out in Table IV. There was an increase
among the males of deaths from the following causes:—Diphtheria, enteric,
diabetes, meningitis, pneumonia, respiratory, alcoholism and cystitis.
Among the females the causes showing an increase were circulatory