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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 1859
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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On looking over the Tables of the Quarterly
Report of Mortality, we shall find that the diseases
which present an increase over the past year are
those of the zymotic group, and that these fell
chiefly on children and persons under the age of
20, only 9 having died of this class of diseases above
the age of 20.
the mortality of the year has occurred amongst young persons, between the ages of 1 and 20 years, as will be seen from the following Tables of deaths at different ages:—
| 1857. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Total. | |
| Under 1 year . | 50 | 52 | 73 | 50 | 225 |
| „ 5 „ | 31 | 28 | 32 | 23 | 114 |
| „ 20 „ | 16 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 33 |
| „ 40 „ | 17 | 17 | 24 | 28 | 80 |
| „ 60 „ | 37 | 23 | 10 | 41 | 117 |
| „ 80 „ | 30 | 31 | 30 | 39 | 130 |
| Upwards | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| 182 | 106 | 182 | 194 | 724 | |
| 1858. | |||||
| Under 1 year | 45 | 55 | 44 | 35 | 179 |
| ,, 5 ,, | 24 | 37 | 10 | 20 | 103 |
| „ 20 „ | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| „ 40 „ | 28 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 90 |
| „ 60 „ | 54 | 26 | 17 | 37 | 134 |
| „ 80 „ | 38 | 29 | 28 | 34 | 129 |
| Upward | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 200 | 171 | 133 | 102 | 660 | |
| 1859. | |||||
| Under 1 year | 79 | 60 | 37 | 34 | 210 |
| „ 5 „ | 27 | 37 | 46 | 33 | 143 |
| „ 20 „ | 6 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 46 |
| „ 40 „ | 20 | 26 | 15 | 37 | 98 |
| „ 60 „ | 21 | 45 | 36 | 50 | 152 |
| ,, 8 „ | 25 | 21 | 13 | 41 | 100 |
| Upwards | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 184 | 207 | 163 | 210 | 764 | |
The time of the year at which this mortality has
occurred will be seen by the Table now presented.
Name of Disease.
First
Quarter.
Second
Quarter.
Third
Quarter.
Fourth
Quarter.
Total.
Small Pox
1
2
1
4
Measles
7
15
14
1
37
Scarlet Fever
12
6
6
8
32
Hooping Cough
2
15
1
4
22
Diarrœa
1
••
13
6
20
Typhus
1
3
••
2
6
Total
23
40
36
22
121
From this Table we see that these diseases are
some of them amenable to temperature. Thus,