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St James's 1864
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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Deaths in Quarter ending June 25th, 1864.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
St. James's
Square.
Berwick
Street.
Golden
Square.
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.
Scarlatina
..
1
1
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
2
Hooping Cough
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Croup
1
2
..
..
..
3
..
..
..
..
..
3
Diarrhoea
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Typhus
1
..
1
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
2
Syphilis
..
..
1
1
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
Dropsy
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
2
Ulcer
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Cancer
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
2
..
2
Gout
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
2
Scrofula
..
..
3
..
..
3
..
..
..
..
..
3
Tabes Mesenterica
1
2
3
..
2
3
1
..
..
..
..
6
Phthisis
6
9
10
9
..
..
6
..
..
3
..
34
Hydrocephalus
..
3
2
..
1
3
1
..
..
..
..
5
Cephalitis
..
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Apoplexy
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
....
1
1
..
2
Paralysis
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
2
..
2
Convulsions
..
2
4
1
5
2
..
..
..
..
..
7
Disease of Brain, &c.
2
1
1
..
1
1
2
..
..
..
..
4
Aneurism
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Disease of Heart, &c.
2
2
3
4
..
1
3
..
4
2
..
11
Bronchitis
6
2
8
2
2
3
2
..
6
4
..
18
Pneumonia
4
4
2
1
4
4
2
..
1
..
..
11
Asthma
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Disease of Lungs, &c.
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
1
..
..
2
Teething
1
2
1
..
2
2
..
..
..
..
..
4
Gastritis
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Enteritis
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Intussusception
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Disease of Liver
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Nephritis
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Nephria
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
2
..
..
2
Childbirth
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Rheumatism
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Malformations
2
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
Debility from Premature
Birth, &c.
2
2
4
..
8
..
..
..
..
..
..
8
Atrophy
1
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
2
Age
1
3
..
4
..
..
..
..
..
2
6
8
Burns and Scalds
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Suffocation, &c.
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Causes not specified
..
2
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
2
34
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31
34
28
22
18
32
21
8
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