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City of Westminster 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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The causes of death are set out in Table VIII. There was an increase
among males of deaths from the following causes:—cancer, syphilis,
tuberculosis, and diseases of the nervous, digestive and respiratory
systems.
Among females the causes showing an increase were septic diseases,
tuberculosis and diseases of the urinary and respiratory systems.
The distribution of deaths in the various wards of the City are
shown in the following table, and may be compared with the similar
figures during the four preceding years :—
| - | 1932. | 1933. | 1934. | 1935. | 1936. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | |
| — | |||||||||||||||
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Infantile Mortality.—The corrected death-rate of infants for Westminster
was 65.8 per 1.000 births. The mortality among legitimate
infants was 60.0 per 1,000; that of illegitimate 105.2. The infant
mortality rate for London was 66.
The number of infants dying under 1 year was 70, a decrease of 5 on
the figure of last year. The chief contributory causes of death were
congenital defects, prematurity, and affections of the stomach and
bowels.
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