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. | Total of both Parishes. |
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Small Pox | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 |
Scarlet Fever | 3 | 18 | 8 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 33 | 64 |
Hooping Cough | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 9 |
Diarrhœa | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 9 |
Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 17 | 11 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 51 | 104 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Croup | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 9 |
Phthisis | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | 31 | 54 |
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions | 7 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 21 |
Apoplexy and Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | 8 |
Marasmus and Atrophy | 7 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 18 |
Violence, Privation &Preme. Birth | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | 18 |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Pyœmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Diseases—chiefly Chronic | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 54 | 119 |
Total | 53 | 47 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 212 | 451 |