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Westminster 1859

[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 June 1859.ST. JOHN'S.

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 Pox1..................15
Chicken Pox2..................23
Measles11................29
Scarlet Fever..62..............89
Hooping Cough..3................38
Diarrhœa......................2
Dysentery......................2
Cholera........................
Fever..2..11........1513
Bronchitis and Pneumonia57....1..24132346
Pleurisy........................
Croup..1....1..........22
Phthisis......178332..2464
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions86................1428
Apoplexy and Epilepsy................2..211
Marasmus and Atrophy52................711
Violence, Privation &Preme. Birth111................1226
Rheumatic Fever........1..........11
Pyæmia........................
Other Diseases—chiefly Chronic554476285753123
Total38346618147151011158363