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St James's 1887

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]

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PARISH OP ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER.

APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. T able I.— Causes of Deathduring Quarter ending Mar.31st,1887.

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 60Above 60 and under 80.80 and upwards.All ages
I.—Zymotic Diseases.
Small-pox..................
Scarlet Fever1....1..........1
Typhoid fever..................
Enteric Fever..................
Whooping Cough..................
Diphtheria..................
Measles..................
Diarrhœa..................
Erysipelas..................
Rheumatism1............1..1
II.— Constitutional Diseases.
Cancer..................
Phthisis or Consumption82....1441..10
Tabes Mesenterica..................
Apoplexy4........112..4
Paralysis12........12..3
Convulsions7..43..........7
Dropsy1............1..1
Epilepsy1..........1....1
III—Local Diseases.
Brain Disease2....1......1..2
Heart Disease3..1........2..3
Lung Disease1........1......1
Liver Disease4..........31..4
Kidney Disease..................
Stomach Disease..................
Throat Disease..................
Croup..................
Laryngitis3....2....1....3
Catarrh1..1............1
Bronchitis28474..1810232
Pneumonia8..31..3..1..8
Meningitis4..2..11......4
Hemorrhage..................
Diabetes2..........11..2
IV.—Developmental Diseases.
Old Age111..........9312
Marasmus..11............1
Childbirth..................
Exhaustion2111....1....3
Inanition..................
Atrophy and Debility..................
Other Diseases4..2....1..1..4
V.— Violent Deaths.
Fractures & Contusions2......1..1....2
Syncope4..........1..14
Suffocation1..1............1
Gunshot Wound1........1....1
Alcoholism....................
Suicide2........11....2
Shock from Scald1......1......1
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