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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 December 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 Pox211................1320
Chicken Pox........................
Measles3171..............2127
Scarlet Fever122511..........3038
Hooping Cough..3................310
Diarrhœa132..............610
Dysentery........................
Cholera........................
Fever..2....21....1..66
Bronchitis and Pneumonia109....1125874375
Pleurisy........1..........14
Croup..1................11
Phthisis1....25731....1951
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions1041..............1526
Apoplexy and Epilepsy..................2210
Marasmus and Atrophy12..2..............1414
Violence, Privation & Preme. Birth11..1......111..1529
Rheumatic Fever........................
Pyœmia......................1
Other Diseases—chiefly Chronic38..184797754121
Total5480124181313161716243443