Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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MALES. Table VII.-Gauges of, and Ages at, Death during the year 1938.
Causes of Death. | Corrected Deaths in the City at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Wards (at all Ages). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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All ages. | 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. | Grosrenor. | 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 | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Scarlet fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Influenza | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Whooping-cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Diphtheria, Memb. croup | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cerebrospinal meningitis .. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Enteric fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Diarrhœa, enteritis | 7 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Other sentic diseases | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Syphilis, &c. | 4 | ' - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Diabetes | 11 | -- | - | -- | - | - | 2 | 5 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | -_- | -_ | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Tuberculosis of lungs | 43 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 15 | 21 | - | - | 6 | - | 2 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Other forms of tuberculosis | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | _ | - | _ | _ | 1 |
Malignant growths | 112 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 47 | 57 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
Congenital debility, malformation, and premature birth | 16 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
Old age | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | -_ | - | - | - | - | - |
Meningitis and convulsions | 1 | _ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |