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St James's 1870
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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60
Deaths in Quarter ending September 25th, 1870.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
St. James's
Square.
Golden
Square.
Berwick
Street.
Workhouse.
Under 1
Year of Age.
Above 1
and under 5.
Above 5
and under 20.
Above 20
and under 40.
Above 40
and under 60.
Above 60
and under 80.
Above 80
and upwards.
At all
Ages.
Measles
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Scarlatina
2
7
16
..
3
13
7
2
..
..
..
25
Diptheria
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Whooping Cough
..
1
3
1
4
1
..
..
..
..
..
5
Typhus
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Dysentery
..
2
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
2
Diarrhœa
..
7
9
..
16
..
..
..
..
..
..
16
Cholera
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Syphilis
..
1
..
2
3
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
Want of Breast Milk
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Purpura and Scurvy
..
..
I
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Thrush
..
1
2
..
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
Dropsy
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Cancer
..
3
..
1
..
..
..
..
3
1
..
4
Mortification
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Scrofula
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Tabes Mesenterica
..
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Phthisis
4
8
9
7
2
..
3
16
5
2
..
28
Hydrocephalus
..
2
1
..
1
2
..
..
..
..
..
3
Cephalitis
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Apoplexy
1
1
1
1
..
..
..
..
2
1
..
4
Paralysis
1
..
2
8
..
..
..
1
1
4
..
6
Insanity
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Convulsions
1
2
2
..
5
..
..
..
..
..
..
5
Brain Disease, &c.
1
2
2
..
3
1
1
..
..
..
..
5
Heart Disease, &c.
2
4
1
3
..
..
2
1
5
2
..
10
Laryngitis
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Bronchitis
..
2
..
1
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
3
Pleurisy
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Pneumonia
..
4
1
..
..
..
1
1
2
1
..
5
Asthma
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
1
..
2
Lung Disease, &c.
..
2
1
..
1
..
..
1
..
1
..
3
Gastritis
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
2
Peritonitis
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Hernia
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
..
2
Jaundice
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
liver Disease, &c.
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Ovarian Dropsy
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Premature Birth
..
..
3
..
3
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
Spina Bifida
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Other Malformations
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Teething
1
..
3
..
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
Old Age
..
2
1
4
..
..
..
..
..
4
3
7
Atrophy and Debility
2
6
1
3
11
..
..
..
..
1
..
12
Fractures and Contns.
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Gun-shot Wounds
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Burns and Scalds
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
Poison
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
22
73
64
28
68
21
16
26
26
24
6
=187