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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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 6O. | Above 60 and under 80. | Above 80 and upwards. | At all Ages. |
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Mealess | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
Scarlatina | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
Diphtheria | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
Whooping Cough | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 |
Typhus Fever | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
Erysipelas | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 |
Dysentery | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
Diarrhoea | 5 | 3 | 4 | . . | 7 | 2 | . . | 1 | 2 | . . | . . | 12 |
Cholera | 1 | 1 | 3 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | 2 | 1 | . . | 5 |
Remittent Fever | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 2 |
Syphillis | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 |
Thrush | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
Cancer | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | . . | 2 |
Mortification | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 2 | . . | 2 | . . | 2 | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 4 |
Phthisis | 1 | 6 | 4 | . . | . . | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | |
Hydrocephalus | . . | 1 | 3 | . . | 1 | 3 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 4 |
Apoplexy | 2 | 1 | 3 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 3 | . . | 5 |
Paralysis | 2 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 2 | . . | 3 |
Epilepsy | . . | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | . . | . . | 2 |
Convulsions | . . | 5 | 1 | . . | 3 | 3 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 6 |
Brain Disease, &c. | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 |
Heart Disease, &c. | . . | 1 | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | 1 | . . | 3 |
Bronchitis | . . | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | 3 | 2 | . . | 7 |
Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 3 | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . | 2 | . . | . . | 5 |
Asthma | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 |
Lung Disease, &c. | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 |
Enteritis | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
Stricture of Intestines | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
Stomach Disease, &c. | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | . . | . . | 2 |
Hepatitis | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 |
Liver Disease | 1 | . . | 2 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 3 | 1 | . . | 4 |
Nephria | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 |
Cvstitis | . . | . . | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | . . | 2 |
Kidney Disease | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | 2 |
Ovarian Dropsy | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
Spina Bifida | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
Teething | 1 | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 3 |
Childbirth | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 |
Old Age | . . | 3 | 1 | 6 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 8 | 2 | 10 |
Atrophy & Debility | . . | 2 | 3 | . . | 5 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 5 |
Poison | . . | 3 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | 3 |
32 | 34 | 44 | 18 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 128 |