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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APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. T able I.—
CAUSES OF DEATH. | St James's 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. | ||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Typhoid fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
II.— Constitutional Diseases. | ||||||||||
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Phthisis or Consumption | .. | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | ||||
Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Apoplexy | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Paralysis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |||
Convulsions | 7 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
Dropsy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Epilepsy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
III—Local Diseases. | ||||||||||
Brain Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
Heart Disease | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Lung Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||
Liver Disease | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Kidney Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Stomach Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Throat Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Laryngitis | 3 | .. | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Catarrh | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Bronchitis | 4 | 7 | 4 | .. | 1 | 10 | 32 | |||
Pneumonia | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | ||||
Meningitis | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Hemorrhage | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | ||
IV.—Developmental Diseases. | ||||||||||
Old Age | 1 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 3 | 12 |
Marasmus | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Childbirth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Exhaustion | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |||
Inanition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Atrophy and Debility | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Other Diseases | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | |||
V.— Violent Deaths. | ||||||||||
Fractures & Contusions | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||
Syncope | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 |
Suffocation | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Gunshot Wound | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||
Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suicide | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | ||
Shock from Scald | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
98 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 35 | 6 | 119 |