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City of Westminster 1932
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FEMALES. Table IV.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the year 1932.
| 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. | |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Influenza | 37 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 15 | 20 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Whooping.cough | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria, Memb. croup | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Crrebro.spinal meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diarthœa, enteritis | 6 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — |
| Other septic diseases | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Syphilis, &c | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diabetes | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Rheumatic fever | _— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of lungs | 24 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 13 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 5 | — | 11 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | 6 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malignant growths | 92 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 40 | 43 | — | 7 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Congenital debility, malformation, and premature birth | 18 | 17 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Old age | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | — | ] | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Meningitis and convulsions | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |