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St James's 1869
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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TABLE OF CAUSES OF DEATH.
Deaths in Quarter ending March 27th, 1869.
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
1
3
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
Scarlatina
2
2
1
..
1
3
1
..
••
..
..
5
Quinsy
..
1
..
••
..
1
..
..
••
..
..
1
Whooping Cough
••
4
3
3
7
3
..
..
..
..
..
10
Typhus
1
2
3
..
1
1
2
..
2
••
..
6
Erysipelas
1
..
..
••
1
••
..
..
..
..
..
1
Dropsy
..
1
••
1
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
2
Cancer
1
2
..
1
..
••
..
..
3
1
..
4
Scrofula
••
••
1
1
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
2
Tabes Mesenterica
..
1
••
2
3
••
..
..
..
..
..
3
Phthisis
4
9
8
10
..
..
..
12
13
4
..
31
Hydrocephalus
3
2
3
••
3
2
2
1
..
..
..
8
Apoplexy
1
1
1
2
••
..
..
1
..
4
..
5
Paralysis
••
1
1
1
..
..
..
..
2
1
..
3
Insanity
1
..
..
..
••
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Convulsions
2
9
2
2
12
3
..
..
..
..
..
15
Brain Disease, &c.
3
3
2
..
2
2
1
2
..
1
..
8
Pericarditis
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
••
..
..
..
1
Heart Disease, &c.
..
4
2
4
..
..
..
4
3
2
1
10
Laryngitis
..
1
..
..
..
••
..
1
••
..
..
1
Bronchitis
8
7
12
9
10
2
..
2
9
11
1
36
Pleurisy
1
1
••
..
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
2
Pneumonia
1
2
5
..
5
2
..
••
••
..
..
8
Asthma
..
2
4
5
••
..
..
1
2
8
..
11
Lung Disease, &c.
3
..
1
..
2
..
..
1
1
..
..
4
Ascites
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Ulteration of Intests.
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Liver Disease, &c.
..
••
1
..
••
..
..
..
••
1
..
1
Hepatitis
••
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
••
..
1
Kidney Disease, &c.
2
••
••
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
2
Ovarian Dropsy
••
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Premature Birth
..
..
4
..
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
Teething
..
..
3
..
2
1
..
..
..
••
..
3
Childbirth
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Old age
1
4
..
4
..
..
..
..
..
2
7
9
Atrophy and Debility
1
4
1
3
7
..
..
1
..
..
1
9
Fractures and Contns.
..
••
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Burns and Scalds
..
••
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Suffocation
..
1
..
..
••
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Cut, Stab
1
..
••
..
..
..
..
..
1
••
..
1
Hanging
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
••
..
1
Cause not specfied
1
••
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
38
67
65
50
64
23
12
29
44
38
10
=220