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St James's 1870

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]

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Deaths in Quarter ending December31st,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 CO.Above 60 and under 80.Above 80 and upwards.At all Ages.
Small Pox....1....1..........1
Measles252..27..........9
Scarlatina71012..101261......29
Diptheria11........2........2
Croup1..1....11........2
Whooping Cough144..63..........9
Typhus..1..........1......1
Erysipelas1..1..1........1..2
Dysentery......1......1......1
Diarrhoea12....2......1....3
Rheumatism2............2......2
Syphilis....212......1....3
Want of Breast Milk..11..2............2
Purpura and Scurvy....1..1............1
Cancer..2..1........12..3
Mortification1..............1....1
Tabes Mesenterica....1..1............1
Phthisis76741131072..24
Hydrocephalus..13..31..........4
Cephalitis1..............1....1
Apoplexy121......12..1..4
Paralysis....15......123..6
Insanity......1........1....1
Epilepsy1................1..1
Convulsions121..4............4
Brain Disease, &c.1412..4..121..8
Aneurism..11......1..1....2
Heart Disease, &c...431....2231..8
Laryngitis23....11..12....5
Bronchitis1688631265..23
Pleurisy....1..........1....1
Pneumonia125262..11....10
Asthma....1............1..1
Lung Disease, &c...21..1..1..1....3
Gastritis....1..........1....1
Enteritis1....1..1......1..2
Ulceration of Intests.1..............1....1
Hernia....1..1..........1
Stricture of Intests...1............1....1
Liver Disease, &c1..1........2......4
Kidney Disease, &c.211........112..1
Ovarian Dropsy......1..........l..1
Uterus Disease, &c.......1......1......1
Phlegmon....1..1............1
Premature Birth....1..1............6
Teething2..4..6............2
Childbirth11..........2......2
Old Age1..39..........9413
Atrophy and Debility11143..1..3....7
Suffocation..11..2............2
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