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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St James's 1861

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

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Table: TABLE OF CAUSES OF DEATH.Deaths in Quarter ending March30th,1861.

TABLE OF CAUSES OF DEATH.

Deaths in Quarter ending March30th,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..24..141........6
Scarlatina544....742......13
Hooping Cough337....71........13
Croup..12....2..........3
Diarrhœa..1....1............1
Typhus..1..........1......1
Syphilis....11..1......1..2
Dropsy..1............1....1
Cancer..1..1......11....2
Gout..1............1....1
Tabes Mesenterica..11..11..........2
Phthisis4661..1295....17
Hydrocephalus..12..3............3
Cephalitis12....11......1..3
Apoplexy121..........22..4
Paralysis1226........36211
Delirium Tremens..1..........1......1
Chorea..1........1........1
Epilepsy......1....1........1
Convulsions..55..82..........10
Disease of Brain, &c.414..14..211..9
Disease of Heart, &c.4412....1244..11
Bronchitis812161083..31319..46
Pneumonia366647136....21
Asthma..1..............1..1
Disease of Lungs, &c...12111....11..4
Teething241..43..........7
Intussusception....1......1........1
Disease of Stomach,&c...1............1....1
Hepatitis..1............1....1
Jaundice1............1......1
Disease of Liver....21......111..3
Rheumatism....11....11......2
Privation of Food....1..1............1
Want of Breast Milk..32..5............5
Suffocation..22..31..........4
Debility from Premature Birth, &c.....325............5
Atrophy....3..3............3
Age3215..........6511
407480395546152741437= 234