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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 OF ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER.

appendix to report of medical officer of health.

Table I.— Causes of Death during the Quarter ending June 30th , 1887 .

CAUSES OP DEATH.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 ana under 60Above 60 and under 80.80 and upwards.All Ages.
i.—Zymotic Diseases.
Small-pox....................
Scarlet Fever....................
Typhoid fever....................
Enteric Fever....................
Messles....................
Whooping Cough5..221........5
Diphtheria1....1..........1
Diarrhœa1..1............1
Erysipelas..1..........1..1
Rheumatism....................
ii.—Constitutional Diseases
Cancer1............1..1
Phthisis or Consumption16..13..84....16
Tabes Mesenterica3..3............3
Apoplexy2..........11..2
Paralysis....................
Convulsions4..31..........4
Dropsy....................
Epilepsy....................
Pleurisy1........1......1
iii.—Local Diseases.
Brain Disease....................
Heart Disease3........2..1..3
Lung Disease5........221..5
Liver Disease2..........11..2
Kidney Disease....................
Stomach Disease....................
Throat Disease....................
Croup1....1..........1
Laryngitis1....1..........1
Catarrh....................
Bronchitis22147..155123
Pneumonia91132..21110
Meningitis4..22..........4
Hemorrhage1........1......1
Diabetes....................
iv—Developmental Diseases
Old Age113..........12214
Marasmus1..1............1
Child-birth....................
Exhaustion1..........1....1
Inanition4..4............4
Atrophy and Debility1211....1....3
Other Diseases11......11....2
Premature of Birth1..1............1
v.—Violent Deaths.
Fractures and Contusions....................
Syncope....................
Suffocation2..1........1..2
Gunshot Wound....................
Alcoholism1........1......1
Suicide1........1......1
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