London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1862
[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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Scarlatina | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 19 | ||||
| Croup | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| Whooping Cough | 6 | a | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||||||
| Typhus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Diarrhoea | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | |||||||
| Bheumatisru | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Dropsy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Cancer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| Phthisis | 5 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 30 | |||
| Hydrocephalus | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Apoplexy | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Paralysis | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||
| Convulsions | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 15 | |||||||
| Disease of Brain, &c. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| Aneurism | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Disease of Heart, &c. | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| Bronchitis | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| Pneumonia | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Disease of Lungs, &c. | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Gastritis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Enteritis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Peritonitis .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Hernia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Intussusception | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Disease of Stomach,&c | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Disease of Liver, &c | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| Nephritis | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Nephria | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Disease of Kidneys,&c. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Ovarian Dropsy | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Premature Birth | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Teeth | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Old Age | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 13 | |||||||
| Atrophy and Debility | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | |||||||
| Fracture | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Suffocation .. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Hanging | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Causes not specified | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||
| 29 | 79 | 53 | 27 | 47 | 47 | 10 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 2 | =188 |