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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St. James's, Westminister.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | St. James's Square. | Golden Square. | Berwick Street. | Workhouse. | Under 1 Tear 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Measles | 1 | . . | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Scarlatina | 1 | 2 | . . | . . | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Quinsy | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Whooping Cough | 4 | . . | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||||||
| Typhus | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Diarrhoea | . . | 2 | . . | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Cholera | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Dropsy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Cancer | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| Mortification | . . | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Scrofula | . . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | . . | 1 | 3 | . . | 4 | . . | 4 | |||||
| Phthisis | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 30 | |||
| Hydrocephalus | . . | . . | 3 | . . | 2 | 1 | . . | . . | 3 | |||
| Cephalitis | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Apoplexy | 4 | 1 | . . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| Paralysis | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Epilepsy | . . | . . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Convulsions | . . | 3 | . . | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Brain Disease, &c. | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Heart Disease, &c | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Laryngitis | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Bronchitis | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | . . | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Enteritis | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | |||||||
| Peritonitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Ulceration of Intes-tines tines | . . | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Hernia | 1 | 1 | . . | 1 | ||||||||
| Stomach Disease, &c. | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Hepatitis | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | 1 | ||||||
| Jaundice | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Liver Disease, &c. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Cystitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Kidney Disease, &c. | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Premature Birth | 1 | . . | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Other malformations | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Teething | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Paramenia | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Old Age | . . | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
| Atrophy and Debility | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Suffocation | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Cause not specified | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 31 | 47 | 54 | 34 | 35 | 24 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 27 | 10 | =166 |