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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Deaths in Quarter ending June 25 th, 1859.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | St. James's Square. | Golden Square. | Berwick Street. | Workhouse. | Under 1 Year 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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Debility from Pre- mature Birth, &c. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Age | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Small Pox | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Measles | 2 | 7 | 6 | .. | 4 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 |
Scarlatina | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Hooping Cough | 4 | 6 | 5 | .. | 8 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 |
Croup | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Infantile Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Typhus | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Metria | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Syphilis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Dropsy | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Cancer | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 5 |
Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Phthisis | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 1 | .. | 27 |
Hydrocephalus | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Paralysis | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 5 |
Tentanus | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Convulsions | 1 | 4 | 3 | .. | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
Disease of Brain, &c. | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 13 |
Disease of Heart, &c. | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .. | 11 |
Laryngitis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Bronchitis | .. | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | 14 |
Pneumonia | .. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 11 |
Asthma | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
Disease of Lungs, &c. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 |
Teething | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Quinsey | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Peritonitis | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 |
Hernia | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Strict. Intestinal Canal | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Disease of Stornach, &c | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Disease of Liver | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Nephritis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Disease of Kidneys, &c | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Childbirth | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Disease of Joints, &c. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Want of Breast Milk | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Hanging, &c. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Suffocation, &c. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Fractures | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Causes not specified. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
41 | 74 | 61 | 32 | 60 | 37 | 16 | 26 | 45 | 21 | 2 | = 207 |