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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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Table: Deaths in Quarter ending March 1866.

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.
Measles281..29..........11
Scarlatina32......2..........5
Diphtheria11......2..........2
Whooping Cough12i..13..........4
Erysipelas1................1..1
Dysentery1....1........11..2
Diarrhoea........1........1..2
Rheumatism..1......1..........1
Syphilis..1..12............2
Delirium Tremens1............1......1
Gout1................1..1
Cancer......1........1....1
Tabes Mesenterica....1..1............1
Phthisis891010..2713123..37
Hydrocephalus..12....3..........3
Apoplexy241........331..7
Paralysis12..2..........55
Epilepsy....1..........1....1
Convulsions532284........12
Brain Disease213I13....21..7
Heart Disease1226. .......47..11
Laryngitis11....11..........2
Bronchitis11412366..197130
Pneumonia243343..13..112
Asthma22............13..4
Peritonitis....2..11..........2
Ulceration of Intes-tines......1......1......1
Hernia......1..........1..1
Hepatitis11..........1......2
Disease of Liver1..............1....1
Nephritis..1..1..........11..2
Joint Disease......1........1....1
Phlegmon..1............1....1
Ulcer..1..111..........2
Premature Birth..1113............3
Teething....8..44..........8
Childbirth....1........1......1
Old Age1111..........134
Atrophy and Debility454..101....11..13
Fractures and Con-tusions..2..1........1..23
Causes not specified..1....1............1
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