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St James's 1859

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]

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30
TABLE OF CAUSES OF DEATH.
Deaths in Quarter ending March 26th, 1859.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
St. James's
Square.
Golden
Square.
Berwick
Street.
Workhouse.
Under 1
Tear of Age.
Above 1
and under 5.
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.
Malformations
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Debility from Premature
Birth, &c.
1
2
1
..
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
Atrophy
1
1
1
1
2
• •
1
..
1
• •
..
4
Age
1
1
..
7
..
..
..
..
2
7
..
9
Measles
..
4
8
..
1
5
1
1
..
..
..
7
Scarlatina
2
2
7
..
1
8
1
..
..
..
..
11
Diphtheria
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Hooping Cough
..
..
2
• •
• •
2
..
..
..
..
..
2
Croup
1
1
1
• •
• •
3
..
..
..
..
..
3
Diarrhoea
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Influenza
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Typhus
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Dropsy
..
2
..
1
..
1
..
..
2
..
..
3
Cancer
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Gout
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Tabes Mesenterica
..
1
3
..
..
3
1
..
..
..
..
4
Phthisis
5
6
8
0
..
1
6
6
9
3
..
25
Hydrocephalus
..
1
2
..
1
2
..
..
..
..
..
3
Cephalitis
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Apoplexy
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
2
Paralysis
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
2
..
..
2
Convulsions
1
4
5
1
7
4
..
..
..
..
..
11
Disease of Brain, &c.
..
5
2
..
1
5
1
..
..
..
..
7
Disease of Heart, &c.
4
3
1
..
..
..
3
1
4
..
..
8
Laryngitis
..
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Bronchitis
3
12
4
..
5
3
..
1
9
1
..
19
Pneumonia
1
3
3
..
5
1
..
..
1
..
..
7
Asthma
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Disease of Lungs, &c.
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Teething
..
2
2
..
3
1
..
..
..
..
..
4
Quinsey
1
4
..
..
1
3
..
1
..
..
..
5
Peritonitis
1
1
..
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
2
Ulceration of Intestin
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
. .
1
Intussusception
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
Jaundice
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Disease of Joints, &c
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Poison
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Suffocation, &e.
..
4
..
..
3
1
..
..
..
..
..
4
All Violence
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
29
04
52
18
37
46
15
15
36
13
1
= 163