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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TABLE OF CAUSES OF DEATH.
Deaths in Quarter ending March 28th, 1803.
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.
Small Pox
2
..
1
• •
1
1
1
..
..
..
..
3
Measles
3
5
..
..
4
4
..
..
..
..
..
8
Scarlatina
1
4
2
• •
1
6
..
..
..
..
..
7
Whooping Cough
2
5
4
4
3
12
..
..
..
..
..
15
Croup
..
1
1
...
• •
2
..
..
..
..
..
2
Diarrhoea
..
1
1
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
2
Rheumatic Fever
..
..
1
..
• •
• •
• •
• •
1
• •
..
1
Syphilis
..
1
..
3
2
..
..
..
2
• •
..
4
Dropsy
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
..
2
Cancer
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
2
Tabes Mesenterica
..
1
1
..
1
1
• •
• •
..
..
..
2
Phthisis
9
6
8
8
1
5
8
9
6
2
31
Hydrocephalus
1
1
1
..
1
2
..
..
..
..
..
3
Cephalitis
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
• •
• •
..
1
Apoplexy
..
1
5
..
..
..
..
..
4
1
1
6
Paralysis
..
2
2
3
..
..
..
..
2
4
l
7
Delirium Tremens
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Convulsions
2
2
5
..
6
3
..
..
..
..
..
9
Disease of Brain, &c.
2
2
2
..
1
1
1
..
1
2
..
6
Pericarditis
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
2
Aneurism
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Disease of Heart, &c.
6
2
2
3
..
..
2
4
3
4
..
13
Laryngitis
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Bronchitis
4
4
4
5
3
1
..
2
4
6
..
17
Pneumonia
3
2
6
....
1
7
2
..
• •
1
..
11
Disease of Lungs, &c.
1
• •
..
2
• •
..
..
..
2
1
..
3
Teething
2
• •
1
..
2
1
..
..
..
..
..
3
Gastritis
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Ascites
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Strict. Intestinal Canal
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Disease of Stomach,&c.
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Disease of Liver
..
1
5
..
..
..
..
..
3
..
6
Childbirth
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
1
• •
..
2
Dis. of Uterus, &c.
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Disease of Joints, &c.
..
1
..
..
..
..
....
1
..
..
..
1
Debility from
..
4
1
2
7
..
..
..
..
..
..
7
ture Birth, &c.
Atrophy
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Age
..
3
2
2
..
..
..
..
..
5
..
9
Want of Breast Milk
..
..
2
2
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
Poison
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
• •
..
1
Burns and Scalds
..
..
6
..
..
..
4
2
..
..
..
6
Hanging, &c.
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
• •
..
1
Suffocation, &c
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
2
Fractures
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
2
Wounds
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
Causes not specified..
..
••
2
1
3
..
..
..
..
..
1
3
45
68
46
44
47
31
37
12
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