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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: Deaths in Quarter ending March 24th,1860.

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..........11....2
Scarlatina..21....3..........3
Quinsy1........1..........1
Hooping Cough133....21........7
Typhus..33....32..1....0
Erysipelas....1..........1....1
Remittent Fever1........1..........1
Thrush..1....1............1
Dropsy....1............1..1
Cancer1112........41..5
Scrofula..1......1......1..2
Tabes Mesenterica..11..11..........2
Phthisis2673..1....51..18
Hydrocephalus131....3..........5
Paralysis11..2........4....4
Insanity......1........1....1
Epilepsy..2........2........2
Convulsions231..411........0
Disease of Heart, &c.4421....1..7....11
Laryngitis..1......1..........1
Bronchitis87134..4....95..27
Pleurisy..1............1..1
Pneumonia1381..3..1......8
Asthma..211........22..4
Disease of Lungs, &c.1121......131..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 Birth1..1................2
Spina Bifida..........1..........1
Teething121....2..........4
Childbirth....1................1
Old Age228............7..15
Atrophy and Debility635..9......11..13
Suffocation..1....1............1
Hanging1..............1....1
Causes not specified....2..2....... .....2
325757253030924402110= 171

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