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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PARISH OP ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER.
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. Table I.—
CAUSES OF DEATHS. | St. James, Westminster. | 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. | All Ages. |
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I.—Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 3 | . . | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
II.—Constitutional | ||||||||||
Cancer | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Phthisis or Consumption | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | 9 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Apoplexy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Paralysis | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 |
Convulsions | 13 | .. | 8 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 |
Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | ||
III.— Local Diseases. | ||||||||||
Brain Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Heart Disease | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 3 | .. | 9 |
Lung Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Liver Disease | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Kidney Disease | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Stomach Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Bronchitis | 16 | 2 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | 18 |
Pneumonia | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 5 |
Croup | . . | .. | . . | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | ||
Abscess | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | ||
Meningitis | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
IV.—Developmental Diseases. | ||||||||||
Old Age | 5 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 6 | 20 |
Marasmus | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Childbirth | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Inanition | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Exhaustion | 9 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
Atrophy and Debility | 1 | . . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Other Diseases | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 |
V.—Violent Deaths. | ||||||||||
Fractures and Contusions | 2 | 1 | . . | .. | . . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . . | 3 |
Syncope | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Suffocation | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | . . | .. | 2 |
Gunshot Wound | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Alcoholism | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
102 | 23 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 31 | 29 | 7 | 125 |