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City of Westminster 1933
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FEMALES.
Table IV.—Causes of, and, Ages at, Death, during the year 1933.
| 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. | C'ovcnt Garden. | Strand. | Homeless. | |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Influenza | 29 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | — | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Whooping-cough | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria, Memb. croup | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| C'erebro-spinal meningitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Entrric fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diarrhoea, enteritis | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other septic diseases | 9 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Syphilis, &c | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Diabetes | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Rheumatic fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of lungs | 22 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | — | 6 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Malignant growths | 112 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 12 | 53 | 46 | — | 11 | 2 | 16 | 38 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 5 | — | — |
| Congenital debility, malformation, and premature birth | 11 | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Old age | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningitis and convulsions | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |