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 the Quarter ending December 1858.
| 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 | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 19 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 31 |
| Hooping Cough | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
| Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
| Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 18 | 15 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 53 |
| Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Croup | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
| Phthisis | 1 | 2 | .. | 6 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 33 |
| Hydrocephalus and Convulsions | 9 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 |
| Apoplexy and Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Marasmus and Atrophy | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
| Violence, Privation & Preme. Birth | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 11 |
| Rheumatic Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Pyoemia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Diseases—chiefly Chronic | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 65 |
| Total | 50 | 55 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 239 |