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St James's 1860

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

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TABLE OF CAUSES OF DEATH.
Deaths in Quarter ending March 24th, 1860.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
St. James's
Square.
Golden
Square.
Berwick
Street.
Workhouse.
Under 1
Year of Age.
Above 1
and under 5.
Above 5
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.
Small Pox
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
..
2
Scarlatina
..
2
1
..
..
3
..
..
..
..
..
3
Quinsy
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Hooping Cough
1
3
3
..
..
2
1
..
..
..
..
7
Typhus
..
3
3
..
..
3
2
..
1
..
..
0
Erysipelas
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Remittent Fever
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Thrush
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Dropsy
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Cancer
1
1
1
2
..
..
..
..
4
1
..
5
Scrofula
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
2
Tabes Mesenterica
..
1
1
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
2
Phthisis
2
6
7
3
..
1
..
..
5
1
..
18
Hydrocephalus
1
3
1
..
..
3
..
..
..
..
..
5
Paralysis
1
1
..
2
..
..
..
..
4
..
..
4
Insanity
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Epilepsy
..
2
..
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
2
Convulsions
2
3
1
..
4
1
1
..
..
..
..
0
Disease of Heart, &c.
4
4
2
1
..
..
1
..
7
..
..
11
Laryngitis
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Bronchitis
8
7
13
4
..
4
..
..
9
5
..
27
Pleurisy
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Pneumonia
1
3
8
1
..
3
..
1
..
..
..
8
Asthma
..
2
1
1
..
..
..
..
2
2
..
4
Disease of Lungs, &c.
1
1
2
1
..
..
..
1
3
1
..
5
Enteritis
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Disease of Stomach,&c.
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Disease of Liver, &c.
2
..
1
..
..
..
..
3
..
..
3
Disease of Kidneys, &c,
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Premature Birth
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
Spina Bifida
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Teething
1
2
1
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
4
Childbirth
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Old Age
2
2
8
..
..
..
..
..
..
7
..
15
Atrophy and Debility
6
3
5
..
9
..
..
..
1
1
..
13
Suffocation
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Hanging
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Causes not specified
..
..
2
..
2
..
..
..
• •
..
..
2
32
57
57
25
30
30
9
24
40
21
10
= 171