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St James's 1866
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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TABLE OF CAUSES OF DEATH.
Deaths in Quarter ending March 1866.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
St. James's
Square.
Golden
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 00
and under 80.
Above 80
and upwards.
At all
Ages.
Measles
2
8
1
..
2
9
..
..
..
..
..
11
Scarlatina
3
2
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
5
Diphtheria
1
1
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
2
Whooping Cough
1
2
i
..
1
3
..
..
..
..
..
4
Erysipelas
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Dysentery
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
2
Diarrhoea
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
2
Rheumatism
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Syphilis
..
1
..
1
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
Delirium Tremens
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Gout
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Cancer
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Tabes Mesenterica
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Phthisis
8
9
10
10
..
2
7
13
12
3
..
37
Hydrocephalus
..
1
2
..
..
3
..
..
..
..
..
3
Apoplexy
2
4
1
..
..
..
..
3
3
1
..
7
Paralysis
1
2
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
5
5
Epilepsy
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Convulsions
5
3
2
2
8
4
..
..
..
..
12
Brain Disease
2
1
3
I
1
3
..
..
2
1
..
7
Heart Disease
1
2
2
6
. .
..
..
..
4
7
..
11
Laryngitis
1
1
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
2
Bronchitis
1
14
12
3
6
6
..
1
9
7
1
30
Pneumonia
2
4
3
3
4
3
..
1
3
..
1
12
Asthma
2
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
3
..
4
Peritonitis
..
..
2
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
2
Ulceration of Intestines
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Hernia
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Hepatitis
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
2
Disease of Liver
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Nephritis
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
....
1
1
..
2
Joint Disease
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Phlegmon
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Ulcer
..
1
..
1
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
2
Premature Birth
..
1
1
1
3
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
Teething
..
..
8
..
4
4
..
..
..
..
..
8
Childbirth
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Old Age
1
1
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
3
4
Atrophy and Debility
4
5
4
..
10
1
..
..
1
1
..
13
Fractures and Contusions
..
2
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
2
3
Causes not specified
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
43
72
58
38
47
46
10
23
43
34
8
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