Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1894 made to the Vestry of Saint James, Westminster
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PARISH OF ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER.
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
Table I.—Causes of Death during Quarter ending Dec. 31s£, 1396
CAUSES OP DEATH.
Union house.
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 00
and under 80.
80
and upwards.
All Ages.
I.—Zymotic Diseases.
Erysipelas
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
2
Rheumatism
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
Typhoid Fever
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
Whooping Cough
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
II.—Constitutional Hseases.
Apoplexy
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
2
Cancer
...
...
...
...
1
1
3
...
5
Epilepsy
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
General Debility
4
1
...
...
...
...
3
...
4
Paralysis
2
...
...
...
...
1
2
...
3
Phthisis (Consumption)
...
...
...
1
5
1
...
...
7
Tuberculosis
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
2
III.—Local Diseases.
Bronchitis
4
4
2
...
...
4
7
...
17
Heart Disease
6
...
...
...
2
5
9
...
16
Hemorrhage
...
...
...
...
1
1
3
...
5
Kidney Disease
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
...
3
Liver Disease
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
Meningitis
...
...
2
..
...
...
...
...
2
Pneumonia
...
1
...
...
...
1
2
...
4
Throat Disease
...
...
...
•••
1
1
...
...
2
IV. — Developmental Diseases.
Marasmus
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Old Age
3
...
...
...
...
...
4
...
4
V.— Violent Deaths.
Suffocation
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
2
Syncope
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
VI.—Other Causes
1
...
...
1
3
...
3
...
7
20
9
4
4
17
16
43
1
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