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St James's 1861
[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 30th, 1861.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
St. James's
Square.
Golden
Square.
Berwick
Street.
Workhouse.
Under 1
Tear 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
Measles
..
2
4
..
1
4
1
..
..
..
..
6
Scarlatina
5
4
4
..
..
7
4
2
..
..
..
13
Hooping Cough
3
3
7
..
..
7
1
..
..
..
..
13
Croup
..
1
2
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
3
Diarrhœa
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Typhus
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Syphilis
..
..
1
1
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
2
Dropsy
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Cancer
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
1
1
..
..
2
Gout
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Tabes Mesenterica
..
1
1
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
2
Phthisis
4
6
6
1
..
1
2
9
5
..
..
17
Hydrocephalus
..
1
2
..
3
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
Cephalitis
1
2
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
1
..
3
Apoplexy
1
2
1
..
..
..
..
..
2
2
..
4
Paralysis
1
2
2
6
..
..
..
..
3
6
2
11
Delirium Tremens
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Chorea
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Epilepsy
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Convulsions
..
5
5
..
8
2
..
..
..
..
..
10
Disease of Brain, &c.
4
1
4
..
1
4
..
2
1
1
..
9
Disease of Heart, &c.
4
4
1
2
..
..
1
2
4
4
..
11
Bronchitis
8
12
16
10
8
3
..
3
13
19
..
46
Pneumonia
3
6
6
6
4
7
1
3
6
..
..
21
Asthma
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Disease of Lungs, &c.
..
1
2
1
1
1
..
..
1
1
..
4
Teething
2
4
1
..
4
3
..
..
..
..
..
7
Intussusception
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Disease of Stomach,&c.
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Hepatitis
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Jaundice
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Disease of Liver
..
..
2
1
..
..
..
1
1
1
..
3
Rheumatism
..
..
1
1
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
2
Privation of Food
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Want of Breast Milk
..
3
2
..
5
..
..
..
..
..
..
5
Suffocation
..
2
2
..
3
1
..
..
..
..
..
4
Debility from Premature
Birth, &c.
..
..
3
2
5
..
..
..
..
..
..
5
Atrophy
..
..
3
..
3
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
Age
3
2
1
5
..
..
..
..
..
6
5
11
40
74
80
39
55
46
15
27
41
43
7
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