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City of Westminster 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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1,604 deaths were registered in the City during 1935. After
deducting 938 deaths of non-citizens in public institutions, etc., in
the City, and adding those of 770 citizens who died in other districts,
the corrected total is 1,436 as compared with 1,466 in 1934, and is
equivalent to an annual crude rate of 11.5 per 1,000 persons compared
with 11.8 last year.
The London death-rate for 1935 was 11-4 and for England and
Wales, 11-7.
The number of deaths and the death-rates per 1,000 for the past
fifteen years are shown below:—

Table: Table IX. Death Rates from 1921 to 1935.

Table IX. Death Rates from 1921 to 1935.

19221,79612.913.4
19231,49310.611.2
19241,69511.812.1
19251,72812.311.7
19261,60811.611.6
19271,68212.311.9
19281,49711.511.6
19291,87514.813.8
19301,47812.211.4
19311,60913.912.4
19321,55712.312.3
19331,57312.412.2
19341,46611.811.9
19351,43911.511.4

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The deaths of males were 747, females 689.
Table X. Deaths Distributed amongst Age Groups.

Table: This table shows the total deaths distributed among age periods:—

This table shows the total deaths distributed among age periods:—

1935.Under 1 year1 to 2 years2 to 5 years5 to 15 years15 to 25 years25 to 45 years45 to 65 years65 and overTotal.
M.482352273235359747
F.273651660188384689
192496323941461845577001,695
1925106282225651984967881,728
192696282024501855096961,608
192796132024421795337751,682
192880141031511644666811,497
1929105281820431676208741,875
193081131321421714746631,478
193191181117591664817661,609
193276141216531814477581,557
193375101612381575237421,573
193477231322501694386741,466
1935755910381334237431,438