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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
St James's 1858
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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35
Deaths in Quarter ending July 3rd, 1858.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
St. James's
Square.
Golden
Square.
Berwick
Street.
Workhouse.
Under 1
Year of Age.
Above 1
and under 5.
Above 5
and under 10.
Above 10
and under 20.
Above 20
and under 40.
Above 40
and under 60.
Above 60
and under 80.
Above 80
and upwards.
At all
Ages.
Debility from Premature
Birth
1
4
3
4
12
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12
Atrophy
1
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1
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1
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1
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2
Age
1
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2
1
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3
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4
Diphtheria
1
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1
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1
Measles
1
1
3
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3
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5
Scarlatina
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4
1
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5
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5
Hooping Cough
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6
2
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3
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8
Thrush
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1
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1
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1
Diarrhœa
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1
1
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1
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1
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2
Purpura
1
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1
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1
Rheumatic Fever
1
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1
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1
Erysipelas
1
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1
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1
1
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2
Hæmorrhage
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1
1
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1
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l
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2
Mortification
1
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1
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1
Cancer
1
1
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l
1
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2
Gout
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1
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l
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1
Scrofula
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1
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1
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1
Tabes Mesenterica
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2
3
3
7
1
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8
Phthisis
5
1
10
5
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4
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1
11
3
2
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21
Hydrocephalus
2
1
4
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3
4
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7
Apoplexy
2
1
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1
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2
2
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4
Paralysis
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3
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1
2
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3
Delirium Tremens
1
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1
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1
Epilepsy
2
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2
2
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2
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2
2
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6
Convulsions
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1
2
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2
1
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3
Disease of Brain
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2
3
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4
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5
Disease of Heart
2
4
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4
1
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2
2
5
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10
Laryngitis
1
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1
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1
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1
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2
Bronchitis
2
1
10
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5
3
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1
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13
Pneumonia
2
3
4
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5
3
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1
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9
Disease of Lungs
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2
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2
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2
Teething
4
1
1
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3
3
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6
Enteritis
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1
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1
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1
Hernia
1
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1
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1
Disease of Stomach
1
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1
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1
Disease of Liver
1
1
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2
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1
1
2
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4
Disease of Kidneys
1
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1
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2
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2
Disease of Uterus
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2
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1
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1
1
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3
Rheumatism
1
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1
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1
Suffocation
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1
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1
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1
Drowning
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1
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1
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1
Fractures
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1
1
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1
1
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2
Causes not specified
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3
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2
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1
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3
38
42
62
29
55
37
1
4
18
26
29
1
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