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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APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
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 Agea. | |
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I.—Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||
Cholera | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Diarrhoea | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | |
Measles | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
.. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
11.—Constitutional Diseases. | ||||||||||
Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | |
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Convulsions | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
General Debility | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Paralysis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | |
Phthisis (Consumption) | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 7 | |
Tabes Mesenteric | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
III.—Local Diseases. | ||||||||||
Bronchitis | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | |
Enteritis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Heart Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |
Liver Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | |
Meningitis | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Morbus Brightii | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Throat Disease | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | |
IV.—Developmental Diseases | ||||||||||
Exhaustion | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Marasmus | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Premature Birth | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Old Age | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
V.—Violent Deaths. | ||||||||||
Alcoholism | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Delirium Tremens | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Suicide | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Suffocation | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Syncope | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |
13 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 67 |