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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| 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. | Atall Ages. |
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| Measles | 2 | 1 | . . | . . | 2 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 3 |
| Scarlatina | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 15 |
| Diptheria | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 |
| Typhus | 1 | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 3 |
| Rheumatism | 4 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | 2 | . . | . . | 4 |
| Want of Breast Milk | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
| Dropsy | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
| Cancer | . . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 3 |
| Scrofula | . . | . . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 3 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 5 |
| Phthisis | 3 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 1 | . . | 28 |
| Hydrocephalus | . . | . . | 2 | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 |
| Apoplexy | 1 | 4 | . . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | 3 | 2 | . . | 7 |
| Paralysis | . . | 1 | . . | 4 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | 3 | . . | 5 |
| Insanity | . . | . . | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 |
| Epilepsy | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
| Convulsions | 2 | 1 | 2 | . . | 5 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 5 |
| Brain Disease, &c | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . . | 3 | . . | 3 | 2 | . . | 9 |
| Pericarditis | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 |
| Heart Disease, &c | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . . | . . | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . . | 9 |
| Laryngitis | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
| Bronchitis | 1 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | . . | . . | 9 | 4 | . . | 23 |
| Pleurisy | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | 4 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | . . | 1 | . . | 14 |
| Lung Disease, &c | 1 | .. | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | 2 |
| Gastritis | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 |
| Enteritis | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
| Peritonitis | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 |
| Ulceration of Intestines | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | 2 |
| Hepatitis | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 |
| Jaundice | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . .. . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
| Liver Disease, &c | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | 2 |
| Ovarian Dropsy | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 |
| Joint Disease, &c | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 |
| Premature Birth | 3 | . . | . . | 2 | 5 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 5 |
| Teething | 2 | 1 | . . | . . | 3 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 3 |
| Old Age | 2 | 4 | . . | 5 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| Atrophy and Debility | 1 | 4 | . . | . . | 5 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 5 |
| Fractures and Con tusions | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 |
| Burns and Scalds | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 |
| Suffocation | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
| Cut, Stab | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 |
| 47 | 52 | 51 | 43 | 47 | 32 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 26 | 13 | =194 |