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City of Westminster 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Deaths, 1955.
| Causes of Deaths. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | M. | 514 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 39 | 174 | 134 | 133 |
| F. | 474 | 10 | 1 | — | 3 | 30 | 103 | 130 | 197 | |
| Grand Totals | 988 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 69 | 277 | 264 | 330 | |
| - | - | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | |
| Tuberculosis, Respiratory | M. | 17 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 10 | 5 | — |
| F. | 5 | — | — | — | — | 3 | '2 | - | — | |
| Tuberculosis, Other | M. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — |
| F. | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | |
| Syphilitic Disease | M. | 6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| F. | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | |
| Diphtheria | M. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Whooping Cough | M. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Meningococcal Infections | M. | — | ||||||||
| F. | ||||||||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | M. | |||||||||
| F. | ||||||||||
| Measles | M. | |||||||||
| F. | ||||||||||
| Other Infective and Parasitic | M. | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Diseases | F. | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, | M. | 13 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| Stomach | F. | 7 | 3 | |||||||
| Malignant Neoplasm, | M. | 39 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 5 |
| Lung, Bronchus | F. | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| Malignant Neoplasm, | M. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Breast | F. | 18 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, | M. | |||||||||
| Uterus | F. | 14 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| Other Malignant and | M. | 55 | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 15 |
| Lymphatic Neoplasms | F. | 53 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 22 | 12 | 14 |
| Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | M. | 11 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — |
| F. | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | |
| Diabetes | M. | |||||||||
| F. | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| Vascular Lesions of Nervous | M. | 37 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 12 | 7 | 17 |
| System | F. | 72 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 12 | 24 | 34 |
| Coronary Disease, Angina | M. | 97 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 37 | 32 | 25 |
| F. | 64 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 9 | 23 | 30 |
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