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 1896 made to the Vestry of Saint James's, 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 Mar. 31st, 1896
CAUSES Of 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 60
and under 80.
80
and upwards.
All Ages.
I.— Zymotic Diseases.
Diarrhoea
...
...
...
...
......
...
1
...
1
Measles
...
5
10
2
...
...
...
...
17
Membraneous Croup
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
Rheumatism
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
2
Scarlet Fever
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
Whooping Cough
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Puerperal Fever
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
II.— Constitutional Diseases.
Apoplexy
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
2
Cancer
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
2
Convulsions
1
2
...
...
...
...
1
...
3
Epilepsy
1
...
.. .
...
...
1
...
1
General Debility
4
2
...
...
...
2
...
4
Paralysis
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
Phthisis (Consumption)
1
...
...
...
2
3
...
...
5
Tuberculosis
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
2
III.— Local Diseases.
Brain Disease
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Bronchitis
...
2
3
...
...
1
5
1
12
Enteritis
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Heart Disease
2
1
1
...
...
2
2
...
6
Hemorrhage
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
Liver Disease
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
Lung Disease
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Meningitis
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
2
Pneumonia
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
2
Syphilis
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
IV. —Developmental Diseases.
Asthenia
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Marasmus
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
Old Age
1
...
...
...
...
...
2
2
Premature Birth
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
V.— Violent Deaths.
Suffocation
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
2
Syncope
2
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
2
VI.— Other Causes
1
1
1
...
1
...
3
...
6
14
28
18
3
5
11
24
3
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