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City of Westminster 1935
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FEMALES. Table VIII (continued).—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the year 1935.
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Influenza | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | — | 2 | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping—cough | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria, Memb. croup | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro—spinal meningitis | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diarrhœa, enteritis | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other septic diseases | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | —- | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | —- | — | —- | — |
| Syphilis, &c | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Diabetes | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | —- | — | 1 | —- | —- | — |
| Rheumatic fever | 5 | — | —- | —- | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of lungs | 14 | — | —- | —- | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | —- | 2 | —- | 2 | — | 5 | 3 | — | —- | 1 | —- | 1 | —- | — |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | 3 | — | —- | —_ | —_ | 1 | 1 | —_ | 1 | — | —_ | —_ | —_ | 1 | — | —_ | 1 | — | — | 1 | —- | —- | —- | — |
| Malignant growths | 114 | — | —- | —- | — | 2 | 6 | 53 | 53 | — | 11 | 3 | 15 | 40 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 3 | — | 2 |
| Congenital debility, malformation, and premature birth | 9 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Old age | 8 | — | —- | —- | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | —- | — | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | — | — | —- | — | —- | — | —- | — |
| Meningitis and convulsions | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |