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 Westminster, City of]
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Causes of Death. | Corrected Deaths in the City at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Wards (at all Ages). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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All ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Conduit. | Grosvenor. | Hamlet of Knightbridge. | Knightbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | St. Anne. | Great Marlborough. | Pall Mall. | Regent. | Charing Cross. | Coveut Garden. | Strand. | Homeless. | |
Loc. ataxia and general paralysis | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Other diseases of nervous system | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Valvular diseases of heart | 19 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 7 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – |
Other circulatory diseases | 193 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 7 | 59 | 125 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 15 | 44 | 8 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 4 |
Bronchitis | 134 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 39 | 91 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 53 | 9 | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
Broncho-pneumonia | 62 | 7 | 6 | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | 16 | 23 | – | 5 | l | 2 | 13 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 |
Pneumonia, other forms | 46 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 14 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | – | – |
Other respirators diseases | 11 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
Alcoholism | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Cirrhosis of liver | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 9 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Appendicitis and typhlitis | 13 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
Other digestive diseases | 44 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 24 | 14 | – | 7 | l | 3 | 8 | – | 13 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | –_ |
Bright's disease, &c. | 57 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 26 | 24 | – | 9 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Cystitis, &c. | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 12 | – | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Deaths by accident or negligence | 34 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | – | 4 | l | 2 | 11 | 1 | 7 | – | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
Deaths by suicide and murder | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
Other defined diseases | 9 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | - | – |
Diseases, ill defined or unknown | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
All causes | 1,012 | 57 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 102 | 365 | 435 | 4 | 83 | 18 | 66 | 249 | 51 | 298 | 42 | 14 | 35 | 26 | 24 | 39 | 36 | 22 |
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