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City of Westminster 1938

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

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Table: MALES. Table VII.-Gauges of, and Ages at, Death during the year 1938.

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).
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------------------------
Measles413---------------------
Scarlet fever------------------------
Influenza3---111---1---1-1-----
Whooping-cough------------------------
Diphtheria, Memb. croup1-----------------------
Cerebrospinal meningitis ..1-----1--1--------------
Poliomyelitis------------------------
Enteric fever1-----------------------
Diarrhœa, enteritis75------2-9212----------
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Other sentic diseases3-------31--1-----1-----
Syphilis, &c.4' ----1-3---1-1-1-----1--
Diabetes11-------254-112212-1-1-_--_--
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Tuberculosis of lungs43----71521--6-2103123---2131
Other forms of tuberculosis3----21------1-1---_-__1
Malignant growths112-----84757111792852641611642
Congenital debility, malformation, and premature birth1616----------221511---2-2
Old age4-------411--1--1--_-----
Meningitis and convulsions1_1----------------1----