London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of Westminster 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
This page requires JavaScript
MALES.
Table IV.—Causes of, and Ayes at, Death during the year 1933.
| Causes of Death. | corrected deaths in tub cltv at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Waeds (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 15. | 45 and under G5. | 65 and upwards. | Conduit. | Grosvenor. | Hamlet of Knightsbridge. | Knightsbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | St. Anne. | Great Marlborough. | Pall Moll. | Regent. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | St mnd. | Homeless. | |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Influenza | 37 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Whooping-cough | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria, Memb. croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebrospinal meningitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diarrhoea, enteritis | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | l | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Other sentic diseases | 14 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 6 | — | 4 | — | 2 | — | — | 5 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Syphilis, &c. | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Diabetes | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rheumatic fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of lungs | 70 | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 8 | — | 5 | — | 4 | 19 | 2 | 23 | 4 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Other forms of tuborculosis | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malignant growths. | 113 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 56 | 52 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | — |
| Congenital debility, malformation, and premature birth | 19 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 11 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Old age | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | l | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Meningitis and convulsions | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |