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St James's 1861
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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Deaths in Quarter ending September 29th, 1861.
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.
Measles
2
1
3
..
3
3
..
..
..
..
..
6
Scarlatina
1
1
1
..
..
1
2
..
..
..
..
3
Hooping Cough
..
1
3
..
1
3
..
..
..
..
..
4
Croup
..
..
3
..
..
3
..
..
..
..
..
3
Diarrhœa
1
1
5
..
6
1
..
..
..
..
..
7
Purpura
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Typhus
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Erysipelas
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Syphilis
..
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Dropsy
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Abscess
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Mortification
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Cancer
..
1
..
2
..
..
..
..
3
..
..
3
Scrofula
2
3
1
..
3
3
..
..
..
..
..
6
Tabes Mesenterica
1
1
5
1
5
1
2
..
..
..
..
8
Phthisis
2
11
7
5
9
1
2
6
7
..
..
25
Hydrocephalus
..
5
2
..
3
2
..
1
1
..
..
7
Apoplexy
1
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
2
..
3
Paralysis
..
1
..
4
..
..
..
..
2
3
..
5
Delirium Tremens
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Convulsions
1
1
..
1
2
1
..
..
..
..
..
3
Disease of Brain, &c.
2
1
1
..
..
..
2
..
2
..
..
4
Aneurism
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Disease of Heart, &c.
3
1
1
2
1
..
1
2
..
3
..
7
Bronchitis
1
..
3
1
1
..
..
..
1
2
1
5
Pneumonia
1
2
6
..
4
2
..
..
1
1
1
9
Asthma
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Teething
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Enteritis
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Peritonitis
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Hernia
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Jaundice
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Disease of Liver
2
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
2
Diabetes
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Stricture of Uretha
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Debility from Premature
Birth, &c.
1
2
1
2
6
..
..
..
..
..
..
5
Atrophy
..
3
..
1
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
Age
..
1
..
4
..
..
..
..
..
5
..
5
Want of Breast Milk
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Burns and Scalds
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Causes not specified
..
..
1
• •
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
20
46
48
25
51
24
13
12
24
19
2
=145