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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 | 15 | 8 | .. | 5 | 17 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 |
Scarlatina | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Whooping Cough | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Typhoid Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Continued Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Syphilis | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
II.—Constitutional Diseases. | |||||||||||
Cancer | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Phthisis or Consmptn. | 6 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | 13 |
Tabes Mesenterica | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Hydrocephalus | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Apoplexy | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 5 |
Paralysis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Convulsions | 4 | 3 | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
III.—Local Diseases. | |||||||||||
Meningitis | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Brain Disease | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 |
Heart Disease | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 |
Bronchitis | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | .. | 21 | |
Pneumonia | 1 | 5 | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Intestine Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Bright's Disease | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 |
Liver Disease, &c. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Kidnev Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Bladder Disease | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Lung Disease | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 6 |
Stomach Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Teething | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Jaundice | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Ovarian Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Bone Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
IV.—Developmental Diseases. | |||||||||||
Premature Birth | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Old Age | 3 | 5 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 4 | 15 |
Marasmus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Atrophy and Debility | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Childbirth | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Inanition | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
V.—Violent Deaths. | |||||||||||
Suffocation | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
60 | 76 | 22 | 39 | 39 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 35 | 6 | =158 |