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, The United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster]
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ANNUAL RETURN OF DEATHS, SIGNIFYING THE DISEASES ACCORDING TO AGE.
SAINT JOHN'S,
1856.
Deaths. | Ages. | Numbers. | Measles. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Hooping Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Fever. | Bronchitis & Pneumonia. | Phthisis. | Hydrocephalus and Convulsions. | Heart Disease. | Apoplexy and Epilepsy, | Violence, Privation, Poison, and Premature Birth. | Croup. | Marasmus and Atrophy. | Other Diseases—chiefly Chronic. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male. | Female. | Total. | |||||||||||||||||
401 | 347 | 748 | Under 1 Year | 209 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 1-20 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 31 | 1 | .. | 42 | 4 | 31 | 19 |
1 to 5 | 151 | 22 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 7 | 15 | .. | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 16 | |||
5 to 10 | 23 | 2 | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
10 to 20 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 9 | |||
20 to 30 | 74 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 8 | 36 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 15 | |||
30 to 40 | 61 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .. | 1 | 14 | |||
40 to 50 | 42 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 21 | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | |||
50 to 60 | 37 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 8 | 11 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 7 | |||
60 to 70 | 63 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 12 | 7 | .. | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 30 | |||
70 & upwards | 49 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | .. | .. | 3 | 28 | |||
Total. | 748 | 32 | 10 | 23 | 24 | 35 | 35 | 104 | 127 | 51 | 15 | 24 | 51 | 24 | 46 | 147 |