Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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1,670 deaths were registered in the City during 1933. After
deducting 931 deaths of non-citizens in public institutions, etc., in
the City, and adding those of 837 citizens who died in other districts,
the corrected total is 1,573, as compared with 1,557 in 1932, and is
equivalent to an annual rate of 12.4 per 1,000 persons compared
with 12.3 last year.
The London death-rate for 1933 was 12.2 and for England and
Wales, 12.3.
The number of deaths and the death-rates per 1,000 for the past fifteen years are shown below:—
Table V. (From 1919 to 1933.)
Year. | Number of Deaths. | Westminster Rate. | London Rate. |
---|---|---|---|
1919 | 1,819 | 14.2 | 13.4 |
1920 | 1,600 | 10.9 | 12.4 |
192 | 1,623 | 11.5 | 12.4 |
1922 | 1,796 | 12.9 | 13.4 |
1923 | 1,493 | 10.6 | 11.2 |
1924 | 1,095 | 11.8 | 12.1 |
1925 | 1,728 | 12.3 | 11.7 |
1926 | 1,008 | 11.6 | 11.6 |
1927 | 1,682 | 12.3 | 11.9 |
1928 | 1,497 | 11 .5 | 11.6 |
1929 | 1,875 | 14.8 | 13.8 |
1930 | 1,478 | *12.2 | 11.4 |
1931 | 1,609 | 13.9 | 12.4 |
1932 | 1,557 | 12.3 | 12.3 |
1933 | 1,573 | 12.4 | 12.2 |
* Corrected rate.
The deaths of males were 878, females 695.
Table VI.
This table shows the total deaths distributed among age periods:—
1933. | 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 over | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. | 49 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 89 | 331 | 368 | 878 |
F. | 26 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 68 | 192 | 374 | 695 |
1922 | 104 | 26 | 32 | 41 | 62 | 211 | 584 | 736 | 1,796 |
1923 | 83 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 46 | 171 | 463 | 682 | 1,493 |
1924 | 96 | 32 | 39 | 41 | 46 | 184 | 557 | 700 | 1,695 |
1925 | 106 | 28 | 52 | 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 | 533 | 775 | 1.682 |
1928 | 8O | 14 | 10 | 31 | 51 | 164 | 466 | 681 | 1,497 |
1929 | 105 | 28 | 18 | 20 | 43 | 167 | 620 | 874 | 1,875 |
1930 | 81 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 42 | 171 | 474 | 663 | 1,478 |
1931 | 91 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 59 | 166 | 4S1 | 766 | 1,609 |
1932 | 76 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 53 | 181 | 447 | 758 | 1,557 |
1933 | 75 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 38 | 157 | 523 | 742 | 1,573 |