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 St James's, Westminster]
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TABLE OF CAUSES OF DEATH.
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. |
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Malformations | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Debility from Pre-mature 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 |