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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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Table: TABLE OF CAUSES OF DEATH.Deaths in Quarter ending March26th,1859.

TABLE OF CAUSES OF DEATH.

Deaths in Quarter ending March26th,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 Pre-mature Birth, &c.121..4............4
Atrophy11112. .1..1. ...4
Age11..7........27..9
Measles..48..1511......7
Scarlatina227..181........11
Diphtheria..1......1..........1
Hooping Cough....2. .. .2..........2
Croup111. .. .3..........3
Diarrhoea1..............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..13....31........4
Phthisis5680..16693..25
Hydrocephalus..12..12..........3
Cephalitis1............1......1
Apoplexy1....1........11..2
Paralysis1..1..........2....2
Convulsions145174..........11
Disease of Brain, &c...52..151........7
Disease of Heart, &c.431......314....8
Laryngitis....1....1..........1
Bronchitis3124..53..191..19
Pneumonia133..51....1....7
Asthma1..............1....1
Disease of Lungs, &c.....1..........1....1
Teething..22..31..........4
Quinsey14....13..1......5
Peritonitis11......1..1......2
Ulceration of Intestin..1..........1..... .1
Intussusception1..................11
Jaundice....1..1............1
Disease of Joints, &c....1......1........1
Poison1............1......1
Suffocation, &e...4....31..........4
All Violence1..............1....1
290452183746151536131= 163