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City of Westminster 1938

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

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Registered deaths numbered 1,383 in the City during 1938. Aiter
deducting 829 deaths of non-citizens in public institutions, etc., in
the City, and adding those of 746 citizens who died in other districts,
the corrected total is 1,300 as compared with 1,432 in 1937, and is
equivalent to an annual crude rate of 10.4 per 1,000 persons compared
with 11.5 last year.
The London death-rate for 1938 was 11.4 and for England and
Wales, 11.6.

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

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

1938.Under 1 year1 to 2 years2 to 5 years5 to 15 years15 to 25 years25 to 45 years45 to 65 years65 and overTotal
M.336242071237324697
F.241161750157347603
192696282024501855096961,608
192796132024421795337751,682
192880141031511644666811,497
1929105281820431676208741,875
103081131321421714746631,478
193191181117591664817661,609
193276141216531814477581,557
193375101612381575237421,573
193477231322501694386741,466
1935755910381334237431,436
193670121320361284397591,477
1937608811421404387251,432
1938577310371213946711,300

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The causes of death are set out in Table VII. There was an increase
among males of deaths from alcoholism and diseases of the respiratory
system.
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:—