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City of Westminster 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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1,450 deaths were registered in the City during 1934. After
deducting 971 deaths of non-citizens in public institutions, etc., in
the City, and adding those of 987 citizens who died in other districts,
the corrected total is 1,466 as compared with 1,573 in 1933, and is
equivalent to an annual crude rate of 11.8 per 1,000 persons compared
with 12.4 last year.
The London death-rate for 1934 was 11.9 and for England and
Wales, 11.8.
The number of deaths and the death-rates per 1,000 for the past
fifteen years are shown below:—
Table IX. (From 1920 to 1934.)
| Year. | Number of Deaths. | Westminster Bate. | London Rate. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 1,600 | 10.9 | 12.4 |
| 1921 | 1,623 | 11.5 | 12.4 |
| 1922 | 1,796 | 12.9 | 13.4 |
| 1923 | 1,493 | 10.6 | 11.2 |
| 1924 | 1,695 | 11.8 | 12.1 |
| 1925 | 1,728 | 12.3 | 11.7 |
| 1926 | 1,608 | 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 |
| 1934 | 1,466 | 11.8 | 11.9 |
*Corrected rate.
The deaths of males were 756, females 710.
Table X. This table shows the total deaths distributed among age periods:—
| 1934. | 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. | 45 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 90 | 255 | 304 | 756 |
| f. | 32 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 79 | 183 | 370 | 710 |
| 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 | 22 | 25 | 65 | 198 | 496 | 788 | 1,728 |
| 1926 | 96 | 28 | 20 | 24 | 50 | 185 | 509 | 698 | 1,608 |
| 1927 | 96 | 13 | 20 | 24 | 42 | 179 | 533 | 775 | 1.682 |
| 1928 | 80 | 14 | 10 | 31 | 51 | 164 | 466 | 681 | 1,497 |
| 1929 | 105 | 28 | 18 | 20 | 43 | 1g7 | 620 | 874 | 1,875 |
| 1930 | 81 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 42 | 171 | 474 | 663 | 1,478 |
| 1931 | 91 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 59 | 166 | 481 | 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 |
| 1934 | 77 | 23 | 13 | 22 | 50 | 169 | 438 | 674 | 1,466 |