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 25th March 1861.
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 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 13 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 12 |
Hooping Cough | 13 | 20 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 34 | 45 |
Diarrhœa | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 10 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 53 | 128 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Croup | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6 |
Phthisis | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .. | 32 | 61 |
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions | 16 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 | 40 |
Apoplexy and Atrophy | 9 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 4 | 12 |
Marasmus and Atrophy | 9 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 26 |
Violence, Privation & Preme. Birth | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 25 |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 |
Pyœmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Diseases—chiefly Chronic | 5 | 6 | 4 | .. | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 54 | 133 |
Total | 65 | 57 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 242 | 521 |