[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of] page 19

City of Westminster 1937

[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 :—influenza, erysipelas,
and diseases of the circulatory system.
Among females the causes showing an increase were influenza,
whooping cough, diabetes and accidents and diseases of parturition.

Table: 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 :—Table XI.—Deaths According to Wards.

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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 :—

Table XI.—Deaths According to Wards.

	1933.			1934.			1935.			1936.			1937.
	M.	F.	Total.	M.	F.	Total	M.	F.	Total.	M.	F.	Total.	M.	F.	Total.
Conduit	5	1	6	-	3	3	8	4	12	4	6	10	6	11	17
Grosvenor	86	55	141	64	61	125	61	57	118	60	53	113	66	61	127
Hamlet	19	22	41	12	24	36	14	30	44	23	28	51	28	27	55
K. St. George	67	65	132	60	61	121	45	70	115	42	55	97	66	59	125
Victoria	212	230	442	224	235	459	226	240	466	209	276	485	234	235	469
St. Margaret	39	39	78	43	40	83	39	34	73	49	42	91	46	45	91
St. John	235	167	402	183	144	327	190	147	337	184	137	321	142	144	286
St. Anne	28	31	59	27	34	61	24	31	55	19	31	50	28	23	51
Gt. Marlborough	15	10	25	12	19	31	11	7	18	8	9	17	3	6	9
Pall Mall	20	3	23	22	10	32	21	5	26	23	11	34	16	8	24
Regent	31	20	51	16	25	41	21	19	40	18	28	46	15	24	39
Charing Cross	20	11	31	17	5	22	19	6	25	20	12	32	13	8	21
Co vent Garden	41	33	74	24	31	55	24	23	47	24	31	55	28	33	61
Strand	32	3	35	32	3	35	28	5	33	42	4	46	35	1	36
Homeless	28	5	33	20	15	35	16	11	27	20	9	29	12	9	21

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Infantile Mortality.—The corrected death-rate of infants for Westminster
was 58.7 per 1,000 births. The mortality among legitimate
infants was 48.6 per 1,000; that of illegitimate 123.1. The infant
mortality rate for London was 60.
The number of infants dying under 1 year was 60, a decrease of 10 on
the figure of last year. The chief contributory causes of death were
congenital defects, prematurity, broncho-pneumonia, and affections of
the stomach and bowels.
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Table: 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 :—Table XI.—Deaths According to Wards.

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