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 the Quarter ending 24th June 1861.
ST. MARGARET'S.
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. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 4 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25 |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Hooping Cough | 7 | 12 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 15 | 9 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 43 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Phthisis | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 26 |
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions | 9 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 |
Apoplexy and Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Marasmus and Atrophy | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Violence, Privation & Preme. Birth | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 8 |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pyœmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Diseases—chiefly Chronic | 5 | 6 | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 57 |
Total | 49 | 67 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 17 | 220 |