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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER.
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
Table I.—
CAUSES OF DEATH. | 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. | 80 and upwards. | At all Ages. |
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I.—Zymotic Diseases. | |||||||||||
Measles | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Scarlatina | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Typhoid Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 4 | 5 | .. | 3 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Syphilis | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
II.—Constitutional Diseases. | |||||||||||
Gout | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Cancer | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 |
Phthisis or Consmptn. | 5 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 5 | .. | .. | 13 |
Tabes Mesenterica | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Hydrocephalus | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Apoplexy | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 5 |
Paralysis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Convulsions | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
III.—Local Diseases. | |||||||||||
Meningitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Brain Disease | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Heart Disease | 6 | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | .. | 15 |
Bronchitis | 12 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 5 | .. | 2 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 40 |
Pneumonia | .. | 9 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 9 |
Asthma | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Liver Disease, &c. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Kidney Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Lung Disease, &c. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 5 |
Stomach Disease | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
Ovarian Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Teething | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Bone Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
IV.—Developmental Diieases. | |||||||||||
Premature Birth | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Old Age | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 10 | 14 |
Marasmus | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Atrophy and Debility | 3 | 4 | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 7 |
Childbirth | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Inanition | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
V.— Violent Deaths. | |||||||||||
Fractures and Contns. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Poison | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Suftocation | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
57 | 90 | 32 | 34 | 29 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 43 | 13 | =179 |