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 26th, 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 SO. | Above 80 and upwards. | At all Ages. |
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Measles | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Scarlatina | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 10 |
Hooping Cough | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
Diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Typhus | 1 | 3 | 1 | l | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Syphilis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Abscess | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Mortification | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Cancer | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
Gout | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Scrofula | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Phthisis | 3 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 1 | .. | 34 |
Hydrocephalus | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Apoplexy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .. | 10 |
Paralysis | 2 | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | 8 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Convulsions | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 |
Disease of Brain, &c. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
Pericarditis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Disease of Heart, &c. | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | .. | 16 |
Laryngitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Bronchitis | 14 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 11 | .. | 4 | 22 | 26 | 3 | 73 |
Pneumonia | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .. | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | 16 |
Asthma | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | K |
Disease of Lungs, &c. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | q | |
Teething | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Peritonitis | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Ascites | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Hernia | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Strict Intestinal Canal | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Disease of Stomach,&c | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Disease of Liver | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | |
Cystitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Disease of Kidneys,&c | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Childbirth | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Rheumatism | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Debility from Prema-ture Birth, &c. | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Atrophy | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Age | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | .. | 21 |
Intemperance | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Hanging, &c. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Fractures | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
Causes not specified. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 4 |
52 | 98 | 75 | 64 | 41 | 49 | 14 | 40 | 59 | 67 | 14 | 284 |