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

  • City of Westminster (London, England). County Council.
Date:
[1928]
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    8 Causes of Death. Sex. All Ages. 0— 1— 2 5— 15— 25— 45— 65— 75— 21. Ulcer of stomach or duodenum M. 16 - - - - - 3 12 i - F. 3 - - - - - 1 1 l — 22. Diarrhoea, etc. M. 8 7 - - - - 1 - - - F. 6 5 - - - - - - - 1 23. Appendicitis and typhlitis M. 7 - - - - 2 1 - 1 - F. 4 — — — — 2 - 1 1 — 24. Cirrhosis of liver M. 4 - - - - - 1 1 2 - F. 6 - - - - - - 3 2 1 25. Acute and chronic nephritis M. 32 - - - - - 9. 16 9 5 F. 29 1 — — 1 — 1 9 7 10 26. Puerperal sepsis M. - - - - - - - - - - F. 2 - - - - - - - - - 27. Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and parturition M. - - - - - - - - - - F. 8 — — — — — 7 1 — — 28. Congenital debility and malformation, prema ture birth M. 24 23 1 - - - - - - - F. 22 22 - - - - - - - - 29. Suicide M. 20 - - - - 2 8 4 4 2 F. 9 - - - - - 4 3 2 - 30. Other deaths from violence M. 42 - - 2 7 3 8 10 7 5 F. 24 1 — 1 — 1 3 4 7 7 31. Other defined diseases M. 145 11 1 3 1 3 13 55 34 24 F. 126 11 2 2 2 1 19 36 27 26 32. Causes ill-defined or unknown M. - - - - - - - - - - F. - - - - - - - - - - A statement showing the number of cases of certain infectious diseases in the above-named area during the 52 weeks ended 31st December, 1927:— Westminster, City of, Met. B. Number of Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified (Civilians). Smallpox. Scarlet fever. Diphtheria. Enteric fever. Puerperal pyrexia. Puerperal fever. Erysipelas. — 156 172 23 26 6 36 (The case rates of these diseases for England and Wales per 1,000 living are respectively as follows:—Smallpox, 0.38; scarlet fever, 2.16; diphtheria, 1.33; enteric fever, 0.09; puerperal pyrexia, 014; puerperal fever, 0.05; and erysipelas, 0.38.)