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. | Goldeu Square. | Berwick Street. | 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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Measles | 1 | 3 | 6 | .. | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10 | ||||
Scarlatina | 4 | 3 | .. | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||||
Hooping Cough | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||||
Diarrhoea | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | 4 | ||||||
Typhus | ... . | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Dropsy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||||
Abscess | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||||
Mortification | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||||
Cancer | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||||
Scrofula | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||
Tabes Mesenterica | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Phthisis | 1 | 4 | 10 | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 20 | ||
Hydrocephalus | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Apoplexy | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
Paralysis | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
Delirium Tremens | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Convulsions | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||
Disease of Brain, &c | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||
Pericarditis, | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||
Disease of Heart, &c. | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 18 | |
Bronchitis | 4 | 5 | 7 | .. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | ||
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |||||
Pneumonia | 5 | 1 | 6 | ... . | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . . | 12 | |
Disease of Lungs, &c. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
Teething | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |||||
Gastritis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||
Hepatites | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |||
Disease of Liver | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
Nephria | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||
Childbirth | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Debility from Pre-) | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
mature Birth, &c.j | ||||||||||||
Atrophy | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Age | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 |
Hanging, &c. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Suffocation, &c. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Fractures | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Causes not specified | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
34 | 48 | 59 | 31 | 34 | 32 | 14 | 22 | 37 | 27 | 6 | = 172 |