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 Westminster, The United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster]
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AGES AND CAUSES OF DEATH DURING MARCH.
Diseases. | Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 20. | 20 to 30. | 30 to 40. | 40 to 50. | 50 to 60. | 60 to 70. | 70 & upwards. | Total. | Total of both Parishes. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Measles | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 13 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Hooping Cough | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 12 |
Diarrhœa | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 8 | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 22 | 43 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Phthisis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 8 | 22 |
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 10 |
Apoplexy and Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Marasmus and Atrophy | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 8 |
Violence, Privation & Preme. Birth | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pyœmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Diseases—chiefly Chronic | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 41 |
Total | 27 | 24 | .. | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 83 | 172 |