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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | ||
| Chicken Pox | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
| Measles | 5 | 5 | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 11 |
| Scarlet Fever | •• | 6 | 3 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 9 |
| Hooping Cough | 2 | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 3 |
| Diarrhoea | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Dysentery | •• | •• | ••• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| Cholera | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | • • | |
| Fever | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 17 | 9 | 1 | •• | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 44 |
| Pleurisy | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| Croup | 1 | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 2 |
| Phthisis | 1 | 1 | • • | • • | • • | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | •• | 19 |
| Hydrocephalus and Convulsions | 9 | 5 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | • • | 14 | |
| Apoplexy and Epilepsy | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 2 | •• | 4 | 6 | |
| Marasmus and Atrophy | 8 | 4 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 12 | |
| Violence, Privation & Prem6- Birth | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | •• | 2 | •• | 20 |
| Rheumatic Fever | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | • • |
| Pyoemia | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 |
| Other Diseases—chiefly Chronic | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 59 |
| Total | 63 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 23 | 24 | 207 |