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St James's 1863
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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62
Deaths in Quarter ending September 26th, 1803.
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
2
5
6
2
5
5
3
2
..
..
..
15
Measles
..
1
2
..
3
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
Scarlatina
2
4
2
..
2
5
1
..
..
..
..
8
Whooping Cough
1
1
3
..
2
2
1
..
..
..
..
5
Croup
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Diarrhoea
4
7
3
..
..
3
2
..
..
..
..
14
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Remittent Fever
..
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Typhus
..
1
2
..
1
3
..
..
..
..
..
3
Erysipelas
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
2
Hæmorrahgo
..
1
1
..
l
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
Dropsy
..
1
1
1
..
1
..
..
1
1
..
3
Abscess
1
1
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
Ulcer
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Gout
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
2
Tabes Mesenterica
..
1
2
..
..
3
..
..
1
..
..
3
Phthisis
2
5
5
6
2
..
1
..
7
1
..
18
Hydrocephalus
..
3
..
..
1
1
1
..
..
..
..
3
Cephalitis
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Apoplexy
..
2
1
..
..
..
1
..
1
1
..
3
Paralysis
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Delirium Tremens
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Epilepsy
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Convulsions
1
2
2
1
4
..
..
..
..
..
5
Disease of Brain, &c.
2
..
2
1
1
3
..
..
1
..
..
5
Pericarditis,
..
..
1
.
..
1
Disease of Heart, &c.
4
3
1
2
1
..
2
..
6
1
..
10
Bronchitis
2
5
4
..
1
1
1
..
4
2
..
11
Pleurisy
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Pneumonia
2
5
2
..
3
2
2
..
1
1
..
9
Disease of Lungs, &c.
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Teething
2
1
1
..
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
Gastritis
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Peritonitis
1
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
2
Hernia
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Hepatitis
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Disease of Liver,
2
1
1
1
..
..
..
..
3
1
..
5
Disease of Kidneys,&c.
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Disease of Joints, &c.
2
1
..
..
..
1
1
..
..
1
..
3
Debility from Prema
..
1
2
3
6
..
..
..
..
..
..
6
ture Birth, &c.
Atrophy
1
2
1
..
2
1
..
..
1
..
..
4
Age
2
1
3
7
..
..
..
..
1
5
..
13
Suffocation, &c.
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Fractures
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Wounds
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Causes not specified
..
2
..
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
2
37
60
55
32
49
36
19
17
33
23
7
=184