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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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 Intes-tines | .. | .. | .. | 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 Con-tusions | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 |
| Causes not specified | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| 43 | 72 | 58 | 38 | 47 | 46 | 10 | 23 | 43 | 34 | 8 | 211 |