Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. James's, Westminster]
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PARISH OF ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER.
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
Table I.—
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Unionhouse. | Under 1 Year of Age. | Above 1 and under 5. | Above 5 and under 20. | Above 20 and under 40. | Above 40 and under 60. | Above 60 and under 80. | 80 and upwards. | All Ages. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I.—Zymotic Diseases. | |||||||||
Measles | 2 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Typhoid Fever (Enteric) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Whooping Cough | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
II.—Constitutional Diseases. | |||||||||
Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | |
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Convulsions | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Gangrene | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
General Debility | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 |
Paralysis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | |
Phthisis (Consumption) | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 5 |
Tuberculosis | .. | I | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
III.—Local Diseases. | |||||||||
Bronchitis | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | |
Brain Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Enteritis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Heart Disease | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Hemorrhage | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Kidney Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Liver Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Morbus Brigbtii | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Stomach Disease | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Throat Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
IV.—Developmental Diseases. | |||||||||
Asthenia | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Inanition | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Marasmus | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Premature Birth | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Old Age | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
V.—Violent Deaths. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Fractures and Contusions | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Suffocation | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
Syncope | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |
16 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 83 |