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 JANUARY.
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. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SmallPox | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Hooping Cough | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Diarrhoea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fever | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Croup | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Phthisis | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 11 |
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Apoplexy and Epilepsy | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 |
Marasmus and Atrophy | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Violence, Privation & Preme. Birth | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 7 |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pyœmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Diseases—chiefly Chronic | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 32 |
Total | 18 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 116 |