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. |
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Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | ||
Chicken Pox | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
Measles | 5 | 5 | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 11 |
Scarlet Fever | •• | 6 | 3 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 9 |
Hooping Cough | 2 | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 3 |
Diarrhoea | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Dysentery | •• | •• | ••• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
Cholera | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | • • | |
Fever | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 17 | 9 | 1 | •• | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 44 |
Pleurisy | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
Croup | 1 | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 2 |
Phthisis | 1 | 1 | • • | • • | • • | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | •• | 19 |
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions | 9 | 5 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | • • | 14 | |
Apoplexy and Epilepsy | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 2 | •• | 4 | 6 | |
Marasmus and Atrophy | 8 | 4 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 12 | |
Violence, Privation & Prem6- Birth | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | •• | 2 | •• | 20 |
Rheumatic Fever | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | • • |
Pyoemia | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 |
Other Diseases—chiefly Chronic | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 59 |
Total | 63 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 23 | 24 | 207 |