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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| 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 | .. | |
| 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 | 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 | |
| Debility from Prema-ture 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 | 41 | 57 | 31 | 34 | 28 | 22 | 18 | 32 | 21 | 8 | 163 |