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City of Westminster 1937
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MALES. Table VIII.—Causes of and Ages at, Death during the year 1937.
| Causes of Death. | Corrected Deaths in the City at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Wards (at all Aoes). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 15. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Conduit. | Grosvenor. | Hamlet of Knightsbridge. | Knightsbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | St. Anne. | 1 Great Marlborough. | Pall Mall. | Regent. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. | Homeless. | |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet, fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Influenza | 15 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 8 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Whooping-cough | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria, Memb. croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diarrhoea, enteritis | 10 | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | —— | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Other septic diseases | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Syphilis, &c... | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diabetes | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Rheumatic fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Tuberculosis of lungs | 55 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 21 | 21 | 9 | — | 2 | 2 | _ | 18 | 2 | 14 | 6 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 7 | — |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | 6 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malignant growths | 110 | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 58 | 41 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 13 | 8 | — | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | — |
| Congenital debility, malformation, and premature birth | 16 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | — | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Old age | 4 | — | — | — | —- | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningitis and convulsions | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | —- | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |