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. |
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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 |
65 | 65 | 74 | 60 | 59 | 62 | 22 | 23 | 43 | 42 | 12 | 265 |