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 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 |
Scarlet Fever | 5 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27 | 30 |
Hooping Cough | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 9 |
Diarrhœa | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 8 |
Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 8 | 7 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 70 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Croup | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
Phthisis | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | 31 | 59 |
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions | 15 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25 | 48 |
Apoplexy and Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 14 |
Marasmus and Atrophy | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 21 |
Violence, Privation & Preme. Birth | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 9 |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pyœemia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Diseases—chiefly Chronic | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 133 |
Total | 42 | 50 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 188 | 417 |