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 00. | 60 to 70. | 70 & upwards | Total. | Total of both Parishes. |
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Small Fox | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 19 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 9 |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 14 |
Hooping Cough | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 12 |
Diarrhoea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 |
Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 27 | 19 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 75 | 144 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Croup. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Phthisis | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .. | 35 | 68 |
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions | 11 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | 42 |
Apoplexy and Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Marasmus and Atrophy | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 19 |
Violence, Privation &Premc Birth | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 11 | 28 |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 |
Pycemia, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Diseases—chiefly Chronic | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 45 | 118 |
Total | 60 | 54 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 22 | 22 | 228 | 458 |