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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APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
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 GO. | Above 60 and under 80. | 80 and upwards. | At all Ages. |
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I.—Zymotic Diseases | ||||||||||||
Measles | . . | I | . . | . | . . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Scarlatina | . . | 6 | 1 | . . | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | ||
Diptheria | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | . . | ||
Whooping Cough | 2 | 9 | 11 | . . | 0 | 13 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diarrhoea | . . | .. | I | .. | . . | i | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Rheumatism | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | . . | 2 | . . | . . | |
I I.—Constitutional | ||||||||||||
Cancer | . . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | . . | .. | 1 |
Tabes Mesenterica | . . | 3 | .. | .. | . . | . . | .. | 1 | 2 | . . | .. | 3 |
Phthisis | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .. | 10 | 6 | 1 | .. | 20 |
Hydrocephalus | .. | 1 | . . | .. | . . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Apoplexy | I | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | . . | .. | 3 |
Paralysis | 2 | I | 1 | 0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0 | .. | 10 | |
Epilepsy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Convulsions | 1 | 3 | b | 1 | I) | 4 | .. | 10 | ||||
Syphilis | 1 | 1 | . . | .. | 1 | |||||||
1II—Local Diseases | 1 | |||||||||||
Brain Disease, &c. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | . . | .. | 7 |
Heart Disease, &c. | 2 | 3 | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . | 3 | 4 | .. | 31 | |
Bronchitis | 5 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 4 | . . | 2 | 13 | 1 | 14 | |
Pneumonia | 5 | 2 | 7 | .. | 5 | 6 | 1 | . . | 1 | 1 | .. | 11 |
Asthma | 1 | 1 | . . | .. | .. | .. | . . | 2 | .. | |||
Lung Disease, &c. | , . | 5 | 1 | . | 2 | 3 | . . | . . | 1 | .. | 6 | |
Stomach Disease, &c. | 3 | 1 | 1 | . . | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Liver Disease, &c. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | . * | 2 | .. | 3 |
Kidney Disease | . . | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | . . | .. | 1 |
Laryngitis | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | .. | ||
Inflamatn. of Bladder | . . | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | |
IV.—Developmental | ||||||||||||
Premature Birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Old Age | 2 | 1 | . . | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | 3 | 5 | |
Marasmus | 2 | . . | . . | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | . . | 3 |
Atrophy and Debility | . . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Childbirth Parturitn. | .. | I | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
V.—Violent Deaths. | ||||||||||||
Fractures and Contns. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | . . | 1 |
30 | 01 | 55 | 23 | 41 | 41 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 30 | 4 | =175 |