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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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. |
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Small Pox | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 11 |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 11 |
Hooping Cough | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | 2 | 8 |
Diarrhœa | 30 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | 1 | •• | 49 | 81 |
Dysentery | •• | •• | •• | .. | •• | •• | •• | •• | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Cholera | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | .. | •• | •• | .. | • • | • • | .. |
Fever | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 6 |
Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 8 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 34 |
Pleurisy | •• | •• | •• | .. | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | .. |
Croup | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | .. | •• | .. | •• | •• | •• | 1 |
Phthisis | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .. | 33 | 62 |
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions | 10 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | 35 |
Apoplexy and Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Marasmus and Atrophy | 9 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 24 |
Violence, Privation &Prome. Birth | 4 | •• | .. | 1 | 1 | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | 7 | 19 |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pyœmia | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | •• | •• | .. | •• | •• | •• | 1 |
Other Diseases—chiefly Chronic | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 43 | 113 |
Total | 73 | 53 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 204 | 417 |