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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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. |
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Small Pox | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Chicken Pox | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Measles | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Scarlet fever | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Hooping Cough | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Diarrhœa | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fever | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 8 |
Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Phthisis | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | .. | 40 |
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions | 10 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 |
Apoplexy and Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
Marasmus and Atrophy | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Violence, Privation & Preme. Birth | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pyœemia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Diseases—chiefly Chronic | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 70 |
Total | 31 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 204 |