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St James's 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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GENERAL REPORT. 9
Of the 30 deaths of non-parishioners, 3 were of children
under one year of age, and 12 were of persons 65 years
of age or upwards.
During the year 1900, 22 bodies were removed into the
Mortuary. Eleven inquests were held upon bodies
lying in the Mortuary, and 11 post-mort&m examinations
for judicial purposes were made in the Examination
Room adjoining the Mortuary.
The following Table gives a summary of the causes of death, during the year 1900, among persons dying in outlying places, after having been removed from the district of St. James's, Westminster :—
| Cancer | 11 |
| Phthisis | 15 |
| Tuberculosis | 2 |
| Tubercular Peritonitis | 1 |
| Tubercular Meningitis | 1 |
| Acute Meningitis | 1 |
| Hydrocephalus | 1 |
| Senility | 8 |
| Prematurity | 4 |
| Epilepsy | 1 |
| Infantile Convulsions | 3 |
| Paralysis Agitans | 1 |
| General Paralysis | 4 |
| Brain Disease | 7 |
| Bronchitis | 10 |
| Pneumonia | 10 |
| Heart Disease | 14 |
| Aortic Disease | 1 |
| Kidney Disease | 1 |
| Liver Disease | 1 |
| Infantile Enteritis | 1 |
| Chronic Gastric Enteritis | 1 |
| Infective Endocarditis | 1 |
| Ear Disease | 2 |
| Stone | 1 |
| Urethral Stricture | 1 |
| Disease of Prostate | 2 |
| Suicide | 1 |
| Carried forward | 102 |