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 of 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 and under60. | Above 60 and under 80. | 80 and upwards. | All Ages |
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I.—Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Typhoid Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diphtheria | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diarrhœa | 5 | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | |
Erysipelas | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Phthisis or Consumption | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | ||
Tabes Mesenterica | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Apoplexy | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Paralysis | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |||||
Convulsions | 6 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
Epilepsy | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||||
III.—Local Diseases. | ||||||||||
Brain Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Heart Disease | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 4 | .. | 9 | |
Lung Disease | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Liver Disease | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Kidney Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Stomach Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Throat Disease | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Croup | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | ||||
Laryngitis | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||
Enteritis | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ||||
Bronchitis | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .. | 9 | ||
Pneumonia | 6 | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||||
Meningitis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Hemorrhage | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diabetes | 2 | ... | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | |||
IV—Developmental Diseases | ||||||||||
Old Age | 9 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 2 | 15 |
Marasmus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... |
Childbirth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Exhaustion | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Inanition | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Atrophy and Debility | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Other Diseases | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
Premature of Birth | 3 | .. | 3 | ... | .. | |||||
V.—Violent Deaths. | ||||||||||
Fractures and Contusions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syncope | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suffocation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Gunshot Wound | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Alcoholism | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Suicide | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |||||
92 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 32 | 2 | 108 |