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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: Deaths in Quarter ending June29th,1861.

Deaths in Quarter ending June29th,1861.

CAUSES OF DEATH.St. James's Square.Golden Square.Berwick Street.Workhouse.Under 1 Year of Age.Above 1 and under 5Above 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 Cough1316..812..........20
Croup131....5..........5
Diarrhœa....1........1......1
Rheumatic Fever..1........1........1
Erysipelas11....1......1....2
Dropsy2..3....1....3..15
Cancer1..............1....1
Tabes Mesenterica..11..11..........2
Phthisis1011892731691..38
Hydrocephalus..53..43....1....8
Apoplexy2212......124..7
Paralysis..2..2........22..4
Delirium Tremens1............1......1
Epilepsy......1......1......1
Convulsions..34..52..........7
Disease of Brain, &c.313..22..2..1..7
Disease of Heart, &c.1....3....2....2..4
Bronchitis345144..212..13
Pneumonia252143..111..10
Disease of Lungs, &c.22......1..21....4
Teething..24..24..........6
Gastritis113..13....1....5
Ulceration of Intestine......1........1....1
Ileus....1......1........1
Disease of Liver2............1..1..2
Nephritis......1..........1..1
Ischuria......1........1....1
Diabetes1..............1....1
Stone1..............1....1
Disease of Kidneys,&c.21............12..3
Ovarian Dropsy1..............1....1
Malformations....1..1............1
Debility from Premature Birth, &c...4127............7
Atrophy11214....1......5
Age1..15..........617
Suffocation..1..12............2
40576231484993029232=190