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.
ST. MARGARET'S. | ST. JOHN'S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 and upwards. | Total. | 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. | 7 0 and upwards. | Total. | Totals of both Parishes. |
Small Pox | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 7 | 11 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 27 |
Scarlet Fever | 2 | 28 | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 39 | .. | 12 | 6 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 23 | 62 |
Hooping Cough | 14 | 28 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 47 | 16 | 33 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 50 | 97 |
Diarrhœa | 34 | 13 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | 60 | 41 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 65 | 125 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 7 |
Cholera | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Continued Fever | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | .. | 2 | .. | 40 | 57 |
Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 50 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 138 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 18 | 148 | 286 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 8 |
Croup | 1 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 16 |
Phthisis | 3 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 33 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 121 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 104 | 225 |
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions | 41 | 17 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 62 | 47 | 25 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 77 | 139 |
Apoplexy and Epilepsy | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 2 | .. | 1 | I | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 43 |
Marasmus and Atrophy | 29 | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 39 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 79 |
Violence, Privation, and Premature Birth | 33 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 78 |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
Pyœmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
Other Diseases—chiefly Chronic. | 13 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 36 | 140 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 37 | 68 | 210 | 350 |
Totals | 232 | 163 | 32 | 43 | 50 | 65 | 43 | 45 | 43 | 52 | 768 | 186 | 147 | 29 | 32 | 61 | 69 | 68 | 65 | 87 | 110 | 854 | 1,622 |