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St James's 1869
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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59
Deaths in Quarter ending June 26th, 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.
Scarlatina
..
2
3
1
..
6
..
..
..
..
..
6
Croup
..
1
1
1
3
..
..
..
..
..
3
Whooping Cough
1
11
6
3
10
9
2
..
..
..
..
21
Typhus
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Erysipelas
1
..
..
2
2
..
..
..
..
1
..
3
Diarrhœa
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Syphillis
..
..
..
3
2
..
..
..
..
1
..
3
Delirium Tremens
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Dropsy
..
..
••
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Cancer
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
2
..
..
2
Scrofula
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Tabes Mesenterica
..
2
2
..
..
4
..
..
..
..
..
4
Phthisis
5
6
6
13
..
2
3
13
9
3
..
30
Hydrocephalus
..
..
4
••
3
..
1
..
..
..
..
4
Apoplexy
1
1
..
2
..
..
..
1
..
3
..
4
Paralysis
..
2
..
5
..
..
1
..
..
6
..
7
Epilepsy
..
1
1
..
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
2
Convulsions
..
5
2
..
6
1
..
..
..
..
..
7
Brain Disease, &c.
1
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
2
Pericarditis
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Aneurism
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Heart Disease, &c.
1
2
1
3
..
..
..
2
2
3
..
7
Laryngitis
..
3
..
..
..
..
..
1
2
..
..
3
Bronchitis
5
10
5
5
6
4
..
..
5
8
2
25
Pleurisy
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Pneumonia
1
2
..
2
..
2
..
2
1
..
..
5
Asthma
..
1
1
3
..
..
..
1
..
4
..
5
Lung Disease, &c.
1
2
..
..
2
..
..
..
1
..
..
3
Enteritis
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Peritonitis
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Ulceration of Intests.
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Hernia
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
2
Hepatitis
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Jaundice
..
2
1
..
2
..
..
1
..
..
..
3
Liver Disease, &c.
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
2
..
..
2
Nephria
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Diabetes
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Kidney Disease, &c.
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Premature Birth
1
..
..
1
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
Teething
1
2
4
..
5
2
..
..
..
..
..
7
Childbirth
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Old Age
..
5
2
7
..
..
..
..
..
10
4
14
Atrophy and Debility
1
2
3
5
8
1
..
1
..
..
1
11
Burns and Scalds
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
Poison
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Cause not specified
..
1
1
••
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
27
6o
40
62
55
32
9
27
30
46
8
=207