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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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 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0 |
Scarlatina | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Diphtheria | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Whooping Cough | • • | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diarrhœa | 8 | 7 | .. | 12 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 |
Typhoid Fever | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Continued Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Rheumatism | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Syphilis | • • | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Croup | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
II.—Constitutional Diseases. | |||||||||||
Dropsy | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Cancer | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 9 | .. | 5 |
Phthisis | 5 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 4 | .. | .. | 14 |
Tabes Mesenterica | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Hydrocephalus | 2 | 3 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Apoplexy | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Paralysis | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 6 |
Convulsions | .. | 5 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Teething | 3 | 3 | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
III.—Local Diseases. | |||||||||||
Meningitis | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Brain Fever, &c. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Heart Disease | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 |
Bronchitis | 4 | 7 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 11 |
Pneumonia | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Intestine Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Liver Disease | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Kidney Disease | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Lung Disease | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Jaundice | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
IV.—Developmental Diseases. | |||||||||||
Premature Birth | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Old Age | •• | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Marasmus | 6 | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 6 |
Atrophy and Debility | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Childbirth | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Inanition | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Tumour | •• | 2 | .. | •• | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
V.—Violent Deaths. | |||||||||||
Suicides and Wounds | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Suffocation | •• | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | 1 |
52 | 76 | 17 | 45 | 33 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 26 | 4 | =145 |