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.
Table I.—
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 60 | Above 60 and under 80. | 80 and upwards. | All Ages. |
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Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhoid fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Messles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
Diphtheria | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Diarrhœa | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cancer | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Phthisis or Consumption | 16 | .. | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | .. | .. | 16 | |
Tabes Mesenterica | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||
Paralysis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Convulsions | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pleurisy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Brain Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Heart Disease | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Lung Disease | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Liver Disease | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
Kidney Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Stomach Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Throat Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Croup | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Laryngitis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | 22 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .. | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 23 |
Pneumonia | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Meningitis | 4 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Hemorrhage | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Old Age | 1 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 2 | 14 | |
Marasmus | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Child-birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Exhaustion | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Inanition | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Atrophy and Debility | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | |||||
Other Diseases | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |||||
Premature of Birth | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Fractures and Contusions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syncope | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suffocation | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |
Gunshot Wound | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Alcoholism | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Suicide | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
96 | 19 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 25 | 4 | 115 |