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 December 28th, 1867.
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 60 and under 80. | Above 80 and upwards. | At all Ages. |
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Measles | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
Scarlatina | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Whooping Cough | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Typhus | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Diarrhœa | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Syphilis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Privation | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Purpura and Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Gout | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Dropsy | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 |
Cancer | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Scrofula | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Tabes Mesenteries | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Phthisis | 4 | 6 | 17 | 2 | .. | 2 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 2 | .. | 29 |
Hydrocephalus | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Apoplexy | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 6 |
Paralysis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 |
Epilepsy | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Convulsions | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Brain Disease, &c | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
Pericarditis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Heart Disease, &c | 1 | .. | 2 | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .. | 12 |
Laryngitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | 1 |
Bronchitis | 5 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 | .. | 3 | 7 | 4 | .. | 27 |
Pleurisy | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Pneumonia | 2 | 6 | 4 | .. | 6 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 12 |
Lung Disease, &c | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Peritonitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Hernia | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Hepatitis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Liver Disease, &c | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
Nephritis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Diabetes | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Stone | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Kidney Disease &c | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | |
Ulcer | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Other Malformations | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Teething | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Old Age | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Atrophy and Debility | 2 | 5 | 2 | l | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 10 |
Cut, Stab | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
37 | 64 | 53 | 23 | 34 | 31 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 36 | 3 | =177 |