Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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| 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 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Measles | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Scarlatina | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Hooping Cough | 1 | 3 | 16 | .. | 8 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 |
| Croup | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
| Diarrhœa | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Rheumatic Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Dropsy | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 5 |
| Cancer | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Phthisis | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 1 | .. | 38 |
| Hydrocephalus | .. | 5 | 3 | .. | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 8 |
| Apoplexy | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | 7 |
| Paralysis | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 |
| Delirium Tremens | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Convulsions | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
| Disease of Brain, &c. | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 7 |
| Disease of Heart, &c. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 |
| Bronchitis | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 13 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 10 |
| Disease of Lungs, &c. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 |
| Teething | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
| Gastritis | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 5 |
| Ulceration of Intestine | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Ileus | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Disease of Liver | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Nephritis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Ischuria | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Diabetes | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Stone | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Disease of Kidneys,&c. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
| Ovarian Dropsy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Malformations | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Debility from Premature Birth, &c. | .. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
| Atrophy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
| Age | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Suffocation | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| 40 | 57 | 62 | 31 | 48 | 49 | 9 | 30 | 29 | 23 | 2 | =190 |