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St James's 1865

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]

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TABLE OF CAUSES OF DEATH.

Table: Deaths in Quarter ending March 25th, 1865.

Deaths in Quarter ending March 25th, 1865.

CAUSES OF DEATH.St. James's Square.Golden Square.Berwick Street.Workhouse.Under 1 year of Age.Above 1 and under 5.Above 5 aud under 20.Above 20 and under 40.Above -10 and under 60.Above 60 and under 80.Above 80 and upwards.At all Ages.
Small J'ox1....1..11........2
Measles....2..11..........2
Scarlatina..13....4..........4
Hooping Cough..43..25..........7
Croup....1111..........2
Diarrhœa....1................1
Dysentery..1....1............1
Remittent Fever....1..1............1
Typhus..121....1........4
Metria............1........1
Rheumatic Fever..1........l........1
Erysipelas......1..............1
Hæmorrahge..........1..........1
Cancer..1..1..............2
Scrofula....2..11..........2
Tabes Mesenterica..2..231..........4
Phthisis3888. .3....5....27
Hydrocephalus..22..22..........4
Apoplexy1....1........11..2
Paralysis22..4........24..8
Delirium Tremens......1........1....1
Insanity....1..........1....1
Convulsions4361112..1......14
Disease of Brain, &c.3131..2..213..8
Disease of Heart, &c.2325........75..12
Laryngitis....1....1..........1
Bronchitis10715810121314..40
Pleurisy......1........1......1
Pneumonia414..43....2....9
Asthma2. .... .........2....2
Disease of Lungs, &c.11..l1......1....3
Teething1..........12..........3
Enterites..1....1......... ...1
Hernia......1......i..1..1
Disease of Liver1............2......2
Nephritis......1..........1..1
Nephria1....1........1....2
Disease of Kidneys,&c...12..........11..3
Rheumatism..1... ...........1....1
Malformations... .1. ...............1
Debility from Prema22217............7
ture Birth, &c.
Atrophy12..3............3
Age3246..........5..15
Suffocation, &c1......1............1
Causes not specified....1............1..1
4647714752311519463612=211