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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
Westminster 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, The United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster]
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AGES AND CAUSES OF DEATH DURING JULY.
| Diseases. | Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 20. | 20 to 30. | 30 to 40. | 40 to 50. | 50 to 60. | 60 to 70. | 70 & upwards. | Total. | Total ofboth Parishes. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox.................... | ||||||||||||
| Chicken Pox.................. | ||||||||||||
| Measles ...................... | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Searlet Fever ................ | 1 | |||||||||||
| Hooping Cough .............. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Diarrlioea | 12 | 4 | 10 | 30 | ||||||||
| Dysentory.................... | •• | •• | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Cholera ...................... | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Fever........................ | 1 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bronchitis and Pneumonia...... | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||
| Pleurisy...................... | • • | • • | ||||||||||
| Groap | •• | * • | 2 | |||||||||
| Pthisis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 19 | |||||||
| Hydrocephalus and Convulsions.. | 10 | 2 | 12 | 17 | ||||||||
| Apoplexy and Epilepsy ........ | • • | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| Marasmus and Atrophy........ | 5 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
| Violence, Privation & Premc- Birth | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| Rheumatic Fever.............. | 1 | |||||||||||
| Pyoemia...................... | • • | • • | • • | • • | ||||||||
| Other Diseases—chiefly Chronic | •• | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 31 | |||||
| Total............ | 37 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 72 | 135 |