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 September 29th, 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 6O. | Above 60 and under 80. | Above 80 and upwards. | At all Ages. |
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Small Pox | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Measles | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Scarlatina | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Croup | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Typhus | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diarrhœa | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Syphilis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Gout | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Dropsy | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Cancer | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Scrofula | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Phthisis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Hydrocephalus | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
Apoplexy | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Paralysis | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | .. | 22 |
Epilepsy | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Convulsions | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 |
Brain Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 |
Heart Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Laryngitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Bronchitis | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Phthises | 2 | 5 | 2 | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 14 |
Pneumonia | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 4 | .. | 1 |
Asthma | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 29 |
Lung Disease | 6 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 6 | .. | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
Enteritis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 17 |
6 | 8 | 8 | .. | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | |
Hepatitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Jaundice | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Liver Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
??? | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Kidany Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Uterus Diasese | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Premature Birth | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Spina Births | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 |
Teething | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Old Age | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 6 |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | |
Hanging | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
43 | 66 | 40 | 16 | 35 | 31 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 22 | 7 | 165 |