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FEMALES.
Table VIII (continued).—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 Ages). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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All agea. . | 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 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 9 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 5 | — | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 |
Whooping-cough | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Diphtheria, Memb. croup | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 2— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Enteric fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Diarrhoea, enteritis | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Puerperal fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Other septic diseases | 9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Svphilis, &c | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Diabetes | 15 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 11 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — |
Rheumatic fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Tuberculosis of lungs | 29 | — | 1 | — | — | 7 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 12 | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
Other forms of tuberculosis | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | —_ | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Malignant growths | 118 | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 51 | 56 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | — | 2 |
Congenital debility, malformation, and premature birth | 10 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Old age | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Meningitis and convulsions | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |