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.
CAUSES OF DEATHS. | 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 under 60. | Above 60 and under SO. | 80 and upwards. | All Ages. |
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I.—Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Typhoid Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | 2 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
II.—ConstitutionalDiseases. | ||||||||||
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |||
Phthisis or Consumption | 9 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 9 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Apoplexy | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | |
Paralysis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Convulsions | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
III.— Local Diseases. | ||||||||||
Brain Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Heart Disease | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | ||
Lung Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Liver Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |||
Kidney Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Stomach Disease | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Throat Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Laryngitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Diabetes | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Bronchitis | 23 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | .. | 7 | .. | ||
Pneumonia | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | ||
Meningitis | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Hemorrhage | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | ||
IV.—Developmental Diseases. | ||||||||||
Old Age | 6 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 5 | 14 |
Marasmus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Childbirth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
.. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | |||
lnanition | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Atrophy and Debility | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Other Diseases | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 |
V.— Violent Deaths. | ||||||||||
Fractures and Contusions | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Syncope | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Suffocation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Gunshot Wound | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Suicide | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
102 | 19 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 33 | 5 | 121 |