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St James's 1859

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

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Deaths in Quarter ending September 24 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 60.Above 80 and upwards.At all Ages.
Debility from Pre- mature Birth, &c.255113............13
Atrophy....2..2........112
Age..418..........7613
Small Pox....1111..........2
Measles149..761........14
Scarlatina131..212........5
Diphtheria..1....1............1
Hooping Cough..1....1............1
Diarrhoea355..94..........13
Dysentery..1....1............1
Infantile Fever....1..1............1
Erysipelas..1..............1..1
Noma (or Canker)....1..........1....1
Haemorrhage..1..........1......1
Cancer..1..1........2....2
Scrofula......211..........2
Tabes Mesenterica1..5253..........8
Phthisis2753..21851..17
Hydrocephalus222..24..........6
Apoplexy..2............2....2
Paralysis1..............22..4
Epilepsy1..1........11....2
Convulsions152..8....1......9
Disease of Brain, &c432..71......1..9
Disease of Heart, &c123..1..13..1..6
Bronchitis24....1....113..6
Pleurisy..2............2....2
Pneumonia112..22..........4
Disease of Lungs, &c..2..........2......2
Teething132..6............6
Quinsey1......1............1
Gastritis....1....1..........1
Enteritis..11..2............2
Peritonitis1............1......1
Ulceration of Intestine....1..1............1
Hernia1................1..1
Disease of Liver....21..........3..3
Diabetes1..............1....1
Ovarian Dropsy....1..........1....1
Childbirth1..1........11......
Rheumatism....1............1..1
Disease of Joints, &1................1..1
Carbuncle....1....1..........1
Want of Breast Milk....2..2............2
Hanging, &c.....1..........1....1
Suffocation, &c.11....1....1......2
Fractures2..............2....2
Causes not Specified....4..1........3••4
33626623792762021256= 184

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