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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Parish of St. Jambs, Westminster—a Metropolitan District. Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
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Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhæa and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Cancer. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | |||
Enteric. § | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 5 | 8 | .. | 1 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 98 | |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 26 | 34 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 43 | 147 |
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.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 49 | ||||
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.. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||||
.. | .. | .. | 11 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 2 | .. 51 | 105 | ||||||
.. | .. | 1 | 1 | 32 | 42 | 42 | 15 | 64 | 204 |
in judging of the above records of Mortality.
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3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 100 |
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.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 36 |
disease which it may be thought desirable to record. I have inserted " Cancer." Two extra
Diseases "; but, for this, a greater precision is needed than at present obtains in the Certificates
dangerous mistake, Scarlet Fever is the only term used.
supposition that this fever was akin to Typhus. It is now known to be a distinct fever,
as is the affection of the skin in Small-Pox. It is best described as Enteric Fever,
more or less casually in the Parish, and are not fairly described as " belonging thereto."