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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 1866
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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61
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
1
1
4
..
..
5
..
1
..
..
..
6
Scarlatina
11
3
1
..
3
11
1
..
..
..
..
15
croup
..
..
2
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
2
Whooping Cough
1
3
5
4
1
11
..
..
..
..
..
12
Typhus
1
..
1
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
2
Erysipelas
..
..
..
3
..
..
..
1
..
2
..
3
Measles
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Diarrhœa
..
1
5
..
3
1
2
..
..
..
..
6
Remittent Fever
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Rheumatism
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Syphilis
..
1
..
3
3
1
..
..
..
..
..
4
Thrush
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Gout
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Dropsy
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
3
..
..
1
Cancer
3
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
8
Scrofula
..
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
41
Tabes Mesenteries
1
..
2
5
5
3
..
..
..
..
..
1
Phthises
6
15
9
11
1
3
8
17
8
4
..
1
Hydrocephalus
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
6
Cephalitis
1
10
Apoplexy
3
1
1
1
..
..
..
..
3
3
..
2
Paralysis
1
..
1
8
..
..
..
..
3
6
2
10
Epilepsy
..
2
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
2
Convulsions
3
7
1
..
5
5
1
..
..
..
..
11
Brain Disease, &c.
2
1
1
2
1
1
..
..
3
1
..
6
Heart Disease, &c.
2
2
1
3
1
1
3
3
Laryngitis
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Bronchitis
7
11
7
4
6
5
2
2
9
2
..
26
Pleurisy
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
2
Pneumonia
5
7
5
4
10
5
1
..
1
4
..
21
Asthma
1
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
2
..
3
Lang Disease
..
1
1
1
..
..
1
..
1
1
..
3
Gastritis
2
..
..
..
1
1
1
..
..
..
..
1
Enteritis
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Hepatitis
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Jaundice
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
4
Liver Disease, &c.
1
..
3
..
..
..
..
..
3
1
..
1
Kidney Disease
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Uterus Disease, &c.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Ulcer
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
Premature Birth
..
..
4
1
3
..
..
..
..
..
..
9
Teething
3
2
4
..
6
3
..
..
..
..
..
2
Childbirth
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
12
Old Age
..
2
1
2
..
..
..
..
2
..
..
5
Atrophy and Debility
..
2
1
2
..
..
..
..
..
3
2
1
???
..
2
3
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Gun shot Wounds
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Hanging
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
2
Causes not specified
..
..
2
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
2
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