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 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. |
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Debility from Pre- mature Birth, &c. | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 |
Atrophy | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Age | .. | 4 | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 6 | 13 |
Small Pox | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Measles | 1 | 4 | 9 | .. | 7 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 |
Scarlatina | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Diphtheria | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Hooping Cough | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diarrhoea | 3 | 5 | 5 | .. | 9 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 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 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | .. | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
Phthisis | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .. | 17 |
Hydrocephalus | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Apoplexy | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Paralysis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 |
Epilepsy | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Convulsions | 1 | 5 | 2 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Disease of Brain, &c | 4 | 3 | 2 | .. | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 9 |
Disease of Heart, &c | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 |
Bronchitis | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 6 |
Pleurisy | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Disease of Lungs, &c | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Teething | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Quinsey | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Gastritis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Enteritis | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Peritonitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Ulceration of Intestine | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Hernia | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Disease of Liver | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 |
Diabetes | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Ovarian Dropsy | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Childbirth | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
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. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Fractures | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Causes not Specified | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | •• | 4 |
33 | 62 | 66 | 23 | 79 | 27 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 6 | = 184 |
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