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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St James's 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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During the year 1897, 29 bodies were removed into the
Mortuary. Twenty-six inquests have been held upon bodies lying
in the Mortuary, and 25 post-mortem, examinations for judicial
purposes have been made in the Examination Room adjoining
the Mortuary.
The following Table gives a summary of the certified causes of death among persons dying in Outlying Institutions, after having been removed from the district of St. James's, Westminster, during the year 1897:—
| Accidental Injury | 7 |
| Anaemia | 1 |
| Brain Disease | 8 |
| Bronchitis | 6 |
| Broncho-Pneumonia | 4 |
| Cancer | 6 |
| Diarrhoea | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 5 |
| Epilepsy | 2 |
| Enteric Fever | 3 |
| Gangrene | 1 |
| Gout | 1 |
| Heart Disease | 10 |
| Kidney Disease | 9 |
| Measles | 1 |
| Meningitis | 4 |
| Old Age | 3 |
| Other Causes | 8 |
| Paralysis | 2 |
| Phthisis | 21 |
| Pleurisy | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 4 |
| Scarlet Fever | 7 |
| Tuberculosis | 3 |
| 118 |