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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Westminster 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster]
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TABLE IV.—The Parishes of St. Maegaeet and St. John, Westminstee.
Causes of, and ages at, death during year 1900.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths in whole District at Subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all ages). | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65 | 65 and upwards | St. Margaret. | St. John. | ||
| Measles | 21 | 2 | 12 | 6 | - | 1 | - | 8 | 13 | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 8 | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Enteric Fever | 11 | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Epidemic Influenza | 19 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 11 | - |
| Diarrhœa | 25 | 18 | 4 | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 4 |
| Enteritis | 22 | 13 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 8 | 14 | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | — | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 |
| Other Septic Diseases | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Phthisis | 121 | - | 2 | - | 7 | 112 | - | 45 | 76 | 65 |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 28 | 6 | 7 | 7 | - | 8 | - | 7 | 21 | 4 |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 26 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12 |
| Bronchitis | 152 | 32 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 51 | 92 | 60 | 55 |
| Pneumonia | 72 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 15 | 32 | 40 | 37 |
| Pleurisy | 11 | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Other diseases of Eespiratory Organs | 9 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Alcoholism—Cirrhosis of Liver | 19 | - | - | - | 19 | - | 4 | 15 | 8 | |
| "Venereal Diseases | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - |
| Premature Birth | 28 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 20 | 3 |
| Diseases & Accidents of Parturition | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Heart Diseases | 118 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 71 | 26 | 40 | 78 | 52 |
| Accidents | 29 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 14 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 19 |
| Suicides | 15 | - | - | - | 2 | 13 | - | 5 | 10 | - |
| All other causes | 334 | 82 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 97 | 133 | 66 | 268 | 202 |
| All causes | 1,097 | 208 | 77 | 27 | 57 | 479 | 249 | 373 | 724 | 485 |
No deaths from Smallpox, Croup, Typhus, or other Continued Fever, Cholera and Plague.