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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |