[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of] page 18

City of Westminster 1937

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

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Registered deaths numbered 1,512 in the City during 1937. After
deducting 885 deaths of non-citizens in public institutions, etc., in
the City, and adding those of 805 citizens who died in other districts,
the corrected total is 1,432 as compared with 1,477 in 1936, and is
equivalent to an annual crude rate of 11.5 per 1,000 persons compared
with 11.9 last year.
The London death-rate for 1937 was 12.3 and for England and
Wales, 12.4.

Table: The number of deaths and the death-rates per 1,000 for the past fifteen years are shown below :— Table IX. Death Rates from 1923 to 1937.

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The number of deaths and the death-rates per 1,000 for the past fifteen years are shown below :— Table IX. Death Rates from 1923 to 1937.

Year.	Number of Deaths.	Westminster Rate.	London Rate.
1923	1,493	10.6	11.2
1924	1,695	11. 8	12.1
1925	1,728	12.3	11.7
1926	1,608	11.6	11.6
1927	1,682	12.3	11.9
1928	1,497	11.5	11.6
1929	1,875	14.8	13.8
1930	1,478	12.2	11.4
1931	1,609	13.9	12.4
1932	1,557	12.3	12.3
1933	1,573	12.4	12.2
1934	1,466	11.8	11.9
1935	1,436	11.5	11.4
1936	1,477	11.9	12.5
1937	1,432	11.5	12.3

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The deaths of males were 738, females 694.

Table: Table X. Deaths Distributed amongst Age Groups. This table shows the total deaths distributed among age periods :—

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Table X. Deaths Distributed amongst Age Groups. This table shows the total deaths distributed among age periods :—

1937.	Under 1 year	1 to 2 years	2 to 5 years	5 to 15 years	15 to 25 years	25 to 45 years	45 to 65 years	65 and over	Total.
M.	39	3	2	4	20	70	267	333	738
F.	21	5	6	7	22	70	171	392	694
1926	96	28	20	24	50	185	509	696	1,608
1927	96	13	20	24	42	179	533	775	1.682
1928	80	14	10	31	51	164	466	681	1,497
1929	105	28	18	20	43	167	620	874	1,875
1930	81	13	13	21	42	171	474	663	1,478
1931	91	18	11	17	59	166	481	766	1,609
1932	76	14	12	16	53	181	447	758	1,557
1933	75	10	16	12	38	157	523	742	1,573
1934	77	23	13	22	50	169	438	674	1,466
1935	75	5	9	10	38	133	423	743	1,436
1936	70	12	13	20	36	128	439	759	1,477
1937	60	8	8	11	42	140	438	725	1,432

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Table: The number of deaths and the death-rates per 1,000 for the past fifteen years are shown below :— Table IX. Death Rates from 1923 to 1937.

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Table: Table X. Deaths Distributed amongst Age Groups. This table shows the total deaths distributed among age periods :—