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 SEPTEMBER.
| 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 of both Parishes. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 12 |
| Hooping Cough | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Diarrhœa | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6 |
| Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
| Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 7 |
| Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Croup | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Phthisis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 8 | 10 |
| Hydrocephalus and Convulsions | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 8 |
| Apoplexy and Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Marasmus and Atrophy | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 10 |
| Violence, Privation & Preme. Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 |
| Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Pyœmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Diseases—chiefly Chronic | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 23 |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 88 |