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 | 2 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 20 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 3 | 17 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | 27 |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 30 | 38 |
Hooping Cough | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 10 |
Diarrhœa | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 10 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fever | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 6 |
Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 10 | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 75 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 |
Croup | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Phthisis | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 19 | 51 |
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions | 10 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 26 |
Apoplexy and Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 10 |
Marasmus and Atrophy | 12 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 14 |
Violence, Privation & Preme. Birth | 11 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 15 | 29 |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pyœmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Other Diseases—chiefly Chronic | 3 | 8 | .. | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 54 | 121 |
Total | 54 | 80 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 243 | 443 |