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

  • City of Westminster (London, England). County Council.
Date:
[1928]
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    13 Deaths. 1,817 deaths were registered in the City in the 52 weeks of 1927. After deducting 1,015 deaths of non-citizens in public institutions, etc., in the City, and adding those of 880 citizens who died in other districts, the corrected total is 1,682, as compared with 1,608 in 1926, and is equivalent to an annual rate of 12.3 per 1,000 persons (civilian population). The London death-rate for 1927 was 11.9 (civilians only), for England and Wales 12.3. These rates are a little higher than in 1926 for the country as a whole. The number of deaths and the death-rates per 1,000 for the past fifteen years are shown below:— Table V. (From 1913 to 1927.) Year. Number of Deaths. Westminster Rate. London Rate. 1913 2,030 12.7 14.2 1914 1,946 12.7 14.4 1915 2,138 15.7 16.1 1916 1,827 13.7 14.3 1917 1,896 15.5 15.0 1918 2,062 16.3 18.9 1919 1,819 14.2 13.4 1920 1,600 10.9 12.4 1921 1,623 11.5 12.4 1922 1,796 12.9 13.4 1923 1,493 10.6 11.2 1924 1,695 11.8 12.1 1925 1,728 12.3 11.7 1926 1,608 11.6 11.6 1927 1,682 12.3 11.9 The deaths of males were 908, females 774. Table VI. This table shows the total deaths distributed among age periods:— 1927. Under 1 year 1 to 2 years 2 to 5 years 5 to 15 years 15 to 25 years 25 to 45 years 45 to 65 years 65 and up. years Total. M. 51 8 10 17 23 88 324 387 908 F. 45 5 10 7 19 91 209 388 774 1920 167 18 21 27 53 222 517 575 1,600 1921 154 28 32 35 56 204 499 615 1,623 1922 104 26 32 41 62 211 584 736 1,796 1923 83 16 13 19 46 171 463 682 1.493 1924 96 32 39 41 46 184 557 700 1,695 1925 106 28 22 25 65 198 496 788 1,728 1926 96 28 20 24 50 185 509 096 1,608 1927 96 13 20 24 42 179 533 775 1.682 The causes of death are set out in Table IV. There was an increase among the males of deaths from the following causes:—Influenza, cancer, valvular disease of heart, respiratory and circulatory diseases, and deaths