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. |
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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 |