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St James's 1866

[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.
Measles114....5..1......6
Scarlatina1131..3111........15
croup....2..11..........2
Whooping Cough1354111..........12
Typhus1..1....11........2
Erysipelas......3......1..2..3
Measles1............1......1
Diarrhœa..15..312........6
Remittent Fever1..........1........1
Rheumatism1........1..........1
Syphilis..1..331..........4
Thrush....1..1............1
Gout....1..1............1
Dropsy2............13....1
Cancer3..1..1............8
Scrofula....1....1..........41
Tabes Mesenteries1..2553..........1
Phthises6159111381784..1
Hydrocephalus..1......1..........6
Cephalitis110
Apoplexy3111........33..2
Paralysis1..18........36210
Epilepsy..2........1..1....2
Convulsions371..551........11
Brain Disease, &c.211211....31..6
Heart Disease, &c.22131133
Laryngitis..1......1..........1
Bronchitis71174652292..26
Pleurisy1..............1....2
Pneumonia57541051..14..21
Asthma11..1........12..3
Lang Disease..111....1..11..3
Gastritis2......111........1
Enteritis....1..1............1
Hepatitis....1........1......1
Jaundice1..................14
Liver Disease, &c.1..3..........31..1
Kidney Disease....1..........1....1
Uterus Disease, &c.................1....1
Ulcer..1..................3
Premature Birth....413............9
Teething324..63..........2
Childbirth....2................12
Old Age..212........2....5
Atrophy and Debility..212..........321
???..23................1
Gun shot Wounds1................1..1
Hanging..1........1........2
Causes not specified....2..1..1........2
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