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. | Total of both Parishes. |
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Small Pox | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 |
Chicken Pox | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 |
Measles | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 9 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 9 |
Hooping Cough | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 8 |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fever | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 13 |
Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 5 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 46 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Croup | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Phthisis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | 24 | 64 |
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions | 8 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 28 |
Apoplexy and Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 11 |
Marasmus and Atrophy | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 11 |
Violence, Privation &Preme. Birth | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 26 |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Diseases—chiefly Chronic | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 53 | 123 |
Total | 38 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 158 | 363 |