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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St James's 1868
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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62
Deaths in Quarter ending September 26th, 1868.
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.
Measles
••
2
2
••
1
3
••
••
••
••
••
4
Scarlatina
3
3
2
••
2
6
••
••
••
••
••
8
Diptheria
••
2
••
••
••
1
••
1
••
••
••
2
Whooping Cough
1
1
2
••
4
••
••
••
••
••
••
4
Typhus
••
1
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
1
Erysipelas
1
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
1
••
••
1
Dysentry
••
1
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
1
••
1
Diarrhœa
1
5
7
••
12
••
••
••
••
1
••
13
Rheumatism
••
••
••
1
••
••
••
1
••
••
••
1
Delirium Tremens
••
••
••
2
••
••
••
2
••
••
••
2
Thrush
••
2
••
••
1
1
••
••
••
• •
••
2
Gout
••
••
••
1
••
••
••
••
••
1
••
1
Cancer
2
1
••
1
••
••
••
1
••
2
1
4
Mortification
1
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
1
••
••
1
Scrofula
••
3
••
1
3
••
1
••
••
••
••
4
Tabes Mesenterica
••
1
2
••
••
3
••
••
••
••
••
3
Phthisis
3
4
9
18
2
1
2
14
14
1
••
34
Hydrocephalus
• •
••
1
••
1
••
••
••
••
••
••
1
Apoplexy
1
••
••
1
••
••
••
1
1
••
••
2
Paralysis
1
1
••
••
••
••
••
••
1
••
1
2
Epilepsy
••
••
••
1
••
••
••
••
1
••
••
1
Convulsions
1
2
1
••
4
••
••
••
••
••
••
4
Brain Disease, &c
3
3
1
••
2
1
••
2
1
••
1
7
Heart Disease, &c
••
3
••
1
••
••
1
••
3
••
••
4
Bronchitis
••
1
1
••
1
••
1
••
••
••
••
2
Pneumonia
1
2
••
1
••
••
••
1
2
••
1
4
Lung Disease, &c
••
3
1
••
••
••
••
..
1
••
1
4
Gastritis
••
1
••
••
1
••
••
..
••
••
••
1
Peritonitis
1
1
••
••
••
••
••
2
••
••
••
2
Uulceration of In-1
testines
1
1
••
••
••
••
••
••
2
••
••
2
Stomach Disease, &c.
••
1
••
••
••
••
••
1
••
••
••
1
Hepatitis
1
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
1
••
••
1
Liver Disease, &c
1
1
••
••
••
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••
••
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2
••
2
Kidney Disease, &c.
••
2
1
••
••
••
••
••
1
2
••
3
Phlegmon
1
1
• •
••
••
••
••
1
••
••
••
2
Premature Birth
1
••
2
••
3
••
••
••
••
••
••
3
Teething
• •
• •
3
••
3
••
••
••
••
••
••
3
Old Age
1
• •
1
6
••
••
••
••
••
••
8
8
Atrophy and Debility
• •
5
8
1
13
••
••
1
• •
••
••
14
Fractures and
tusions
1
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
1
••
1
Gun Shot W.
1
••
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••
••
1
••
••
1
Drowning
1
••
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••
••
1
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••
L
1
Cause not specified
••
••
1
• •
1
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1
29
54
45
35
54
18
7
29
31
11
13
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