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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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Table A.—DEATHS registered during the year 1897 in the
Classified according to
| Localities. | Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages. | Mortality from subjoined | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | Under 1. | 1—5. | 5-15. | 15—25. | 25—65. | 65 and upwards. | Ages. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Small-Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Typhus. | |||||||||
| (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | ||||||
| Parish of St. James (minus Union-House and Throat Hospital) | 245 | 65 | 35 | 9 | 94 | 38 | Under 5. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Westminster Union-House, Poland St. | 55 | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | 22 | 25 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Throat Hospital, Golden Square | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Totals | 309 | 71 | 36 | 5 | 12 | 120 | 65 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account
| Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto† | 118 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 67 | 1 | Under 5 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. |
| 5 upwds. | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Deaths occur'g within the district among persons not belonging thereto | 39 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 231 | 10 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
*In the model form the heading of column 19 is left blank for the insertion of any other
columns might well be devoted to the tabulation of "Malignant Growths," and of "Tuberculous
as to the Causes of Death.
‡ The term "Scarlatina" often suggests that the cases are not infectious. As this is a
§ Enteric Fever is still often called " Typhoid." The term Typhoid arose from the
marked by an affection of the lining membrane of the intestine, which is as characteristic
†More precisely, these figures are of "persons removed from St. James's." Some of these were
** Including 4 deaths in Union House of wandering persons of unknown address.