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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St James's 1865

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

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Table: Deaths in Quarter ending December 30th,1805.

Deaths in Quarter ending December 30th,1805.

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.
Measles136..18110
Scarlatina43..257
Hooping Cough..1..1..1
Diarrhoea12..4..4
Typhus... .3....1113
Dropsy1........11
Abscess..1......11
Mortification1........11
Cancer4........156
Gout..........11
Scrofula..1........11
Tabes Mesenterica..11....112
Phthisis1410..1169320
Hydrocephalus11....112
Apoplexy122......235
Paralysis1214....358
Delirium Tremens1....1....112
Convulsions3..21426
Disease of Brain, &c2..3..2215
Pericarditis,1..........11
Disease of Heart, &c.3528..1128518
Bronchitis457..2345216
Pleurisy......1....1
Pneumonia516... .45111. .12
Disease of Lungs, &c.121..11114
Teething..11..2..2
Gastritis11......112
Enteritis......1....11
Hepatites..11......2..2
Disease of Liver..111....113
Nephria....1......1..1
Childbirth..1..........1......1
Debility from Pre-)....2..2............2
mature Birth, &c.j
Atrophy....314............4
Age....2................10
Hanging, &c.1................1..1
Suffocation, &c.2......2............2
Fractures1..1........2......2
Causes not specified....1..1............1
344859313432142237276= 172