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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of Westminster 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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FEMALES—Table I (continued).
| 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. | |
| Loc. ataxia and general paralysis | 5 | – | – | - | – | 1 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Other diseases of nervous system | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Valvular diseases of heart | 17 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 4 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| Other circulatory diseases | 190 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 138 | – | 13 | 10 | 20 | 65 | 13 | 42 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | – | 2 |
| Bronchitis | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 28 | 88 | – | 8 | 2 | 8 | 45 | 4 | 40 | 3 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 5 | – | 1 |
| Broncho-pneumonia | 62 | 9 | 6 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 9 | 35 | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 19 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 |
| Pneumonia, other forms | 35 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | – | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 |
| Other respiratory diseases | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – |
| Alcoholism | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Cirrhosis of liver | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Appendicitis and typhlitis | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other digestive diseases | 22 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 8 | 8 | – | 4 | 2 | – | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bright's disease, &c. | 37 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 19 | 14 | – | 4 | – | 7 | 14 | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 |
| Cystitis, &c. | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Accidents and diseases of parturition | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Deaths by accident or negligence | 36 | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | – | 18 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 |
| Deaths by suicide and murder | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 6 | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Other defined diseases | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Diseases, ill defined or unknown | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| All causes | 803 | 48 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 65 | 255 | 439 | 3 | 63 | 30 | 80 | 292 | 44 | 207 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 18 |