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 OF ST. JAMES. WESTMINSTER.
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. Table I.—
causes of death. | St. James Westminster. | Workhouse. | Unnder 1 Year of Age. | Above 1 and under 5. | Above 1 and under 20. | Above 20 and under 40. | Above 40 and under 60. | Above 60 and under 80. | 80 and upwards.1 | All Ages |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I.—Zymotic Disease. | ||||||||||
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 6 | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhœa | 14 | .. | 11 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatism | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
II.—Constitutional Diseases. | ||||||||||
Cancer | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Phthisis or Consumption | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | 9 |
Apoplexy | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Paralysis | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
Convulsions | 9 | 1 | 7 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
III.— Local Diseases. | ||||||||||
Brain Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Heart Disease | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 6 |
Lung Disease | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Liver Disease | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Kidney Disease | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 8 |
Stomach Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Bronchitis | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 7 |
Pneumonia | 8 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 8 |
Throat Disease | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Hemorrhage | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
IV.—Developmental | ||||||||||
Old Age | 2 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 11 | 2 | 14 |
Marasmus | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Childbirth | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Exhaustion | 7 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 7 |
Tuberculosis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Inanition | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Other Diseases | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
V.—Violent Deaths. | ||||||||||
Fractures and Contusions | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syncope | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Gunshot Wound | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suffocation | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Alcoholism | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
93 | 19 | 34 | 17 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 112 |