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City of Westminster 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Deaths.
The following tables are supplied by the Registrar General at
the request of the Ministry of Health :—
Table IV.-Causes of Death at different Periods of Life in the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster, 1938.
| Causes of Death. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35 | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | M. | 699 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 40 | 89 | 151 | 171 | 152 |
| F. | 607 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 36 | 70 | 86 | 144 | 203 | |
| 1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | M. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2. Measles | M. | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3. Scarlet fever | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4. Whooping-cough | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 5. Diphtheria | M. | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 6. Influenza | M. | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| F. | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| 7. Encephalitis lethargica | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | |
| 8. Cerebro-spinal fever | M. | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system | M. | 41 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 8 | - | - |
| F. | 19 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | - | 3 | - | |
| 10. Other tuberculous diseases | M. | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||
| F. | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| 11. Syphilis | M | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| F. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | M. | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | - | - |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 13. Cancer, malignant disease | M. | 112 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 13 |
| F. | 116 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 31 | 25 | |
| 14. Diabetes | M. | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| F. | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 15. Cerebral hæmorrhage, etc. | M | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| F. | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| 16. Heart disease | M. | 183 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 59 | 60 |
| F. | 169 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 48 | 86 | |
| 17. Aneurysm | M. | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| F. | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |