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 St James's, Westminster]
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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. |
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Small Pox | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Measles | 2 | 5 | 2 | .. | 2 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Scarlatina | 7 | 10 | 12 | .. | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 29 |
Diptheria | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Croup | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Whooping Cough | 1 | 4 | 4 | .. | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Typhus | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diarrhoea | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Rheumatism | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Syphilis | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Want of Breast Milk | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Purpura and Scurvy | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Cancer | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
Mortification | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Phthisis | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | .. | 24 |
Hydrocephalus | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Cephalitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Apoplexy | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
Paralysis | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 6 |
Insanity | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Epilepsy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Convulsions | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Brain Disease, &c. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 8 |
Aneurism | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Heart Disease, &c. | .. | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 8 |
Laryngitis | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 |
Bronchitis | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | .. | 23 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Pneumonia | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 10 |
Asthma | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Lung Disease, &c. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Gastritis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Enteritis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Ulceration of Intests. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Hernia | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Stricture of Intests. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Liver Disease, &c | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Kidney Disease, &c. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 |
Ovarian Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | .. | 1 |
Uterus Disease, &c. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Phlegmon | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Premature Birth | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Teething | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Childbirth | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Old Age | 1 | .. | 3 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 4 | 13 |
Atrophy and Debility | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 7 |
Suffocation | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
43 | 64 | 75 | 42 | 63 | 37 | 19 | 31 | 39 | 31 | 4 | =224 |