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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AGES AND CAUSES OF DEATH DURING APRIL, MAY & JUNE
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. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | • • | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | •• | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Scarlet Fever | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Hooping Cough | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Diarrhœa | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Cholera | •• | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | ||
Fever | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | |
Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 7 | 6 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 28 |
Pleurisy | •• | .. | .. | •• | • • | .. | •• | .. | •• | .. | • • |
Croup | •• | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | •• | .. | .. | |
Phthisis | 1 | •• | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 28 |
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 |
Apoplexy and Epilepsy | 1 | •• | •• | •• | 1 | .. | •• | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Marasmus and Atrophy | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 10 |
Violence, Privation &Preme. Birth | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pyoemia | .. | •• | •• | •• | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Diseases—chiefly Chronic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 60 |
Total | 30 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 174 |