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St James's 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. James's, Westminster]

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The following table shows the certified causes of the
deaths of persons reported as belonging to St. James's, but
as dying, during the year 1892, in outlying institutions
Abdominal Section 1
Apoplexy 1
Ascites 1
Brain Disease 3
Bronchitis 9
Cancer 11
Cæsarean Section 1
Congenital Debility 1
Cystitis 1
Diabetes 1
Diphtheria 7
Gangrene 1
Gastro-Enteritis 1
Heart Disease 8
Intus-susception 1
Kidney Disease 2
Liver Disease 5
Measles (disease contracted in Westminster
Hospital) 1
Meningitis 2
Paralysis 5
Phthisis 21
Pneumonia 10
Scarlet Fever 5
(In one of these cases the Scarlet Fever
was reported to have been contracted in the
Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street;
in another case the disease was contracted
in the Throat Hospital, Golden Square.)
Carried forward 99