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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Deaths in Quarter ending September 26 th, 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. |
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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 |