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City of Westminster 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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DEATHS, 1959
Causes of Death in the City at Different Periods of Life
| Causes of Death | Years of Age. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex. | All Ages. | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75+ | |
| All Causes | M. | 552 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 36 | 196 | 149 | 141 |
| F. | 460 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 107 | 121 | 207 | |
| Grand Totals | 1,012 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 50 | 303 | 270 | 348 | |
| Tuberculosis, Respiratory | M. | 11 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| F. | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tuberculosis, Other | M. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| F. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Syphilitic Disease | M. | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| F. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Diphtheria | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Whooping Cough | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Meningococcal Infections | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other Infective and Parasitic | M. | 2 | - | -- | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Diseases | F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malignant Neoplasm, | M. | 14 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Stomach | F. | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, | M. | 50 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 29 | 13 | 6 |
| Lung, Bronchus | F. | 10 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Breast | F. | 25 | - | - | + | - | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Uterus | F. | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Other Malignant and | M. | 50 | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 13 |
| Lymphatic Neoplasms | F. | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 22 | 15 |
| Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | M. | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| F. | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Diabetes | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Vascular Lesions of Nervous | M. | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 11 | 6 |
| System | F. | 67 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 20 | 37 |
| Coronary Disease, Angina | M. | 122 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 53 | 35 | 31 |
| F | 73 | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 26 | 30 | |
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