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 CO. | Above 60 and under 80. | Above 80 and upwards. | At all Ages. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Measles | 2 | 5 | 2 | .. | 2 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
| Scarlatina | 7 | 10 | 12 | .. | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 29 |
| Diptheria | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Croup | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 4 | 4 | .. | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
| Typhus | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Diarrhoea | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Rheumatism | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Want of Breast Milk | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Purpura and Scurvy | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Cancer | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
| Mortification | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Phthisis | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | .. | 24 |
| Hydrocephalus | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Cephalitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Apoplexy | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
| Paralysis | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 6 |
| Insanity | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Epilepsy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Convulsions | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Brain Disease, &c. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 8 |
| Aneurism | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Heart Disease, &c. | .. | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 8 |
| Laryngitis | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 |
| Bronchitis | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | .. | 23 |
| Pleurisy | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 10 |
| Asthma | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Lung Disease, &c. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Gastritis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Enteritis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Ulceration of Intests. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Hernia | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Stricture of Intests. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Liver Disease, &c | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Kidney Disease, &c. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 |
| Ovarian Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | .. | 1 |
| Uterus Disease, &c. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Phlegmon | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Premature Birth | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
| Teething | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Childbirth | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Old Age | 1 | .. | 3 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| Atrophy and Debility | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 7 |
| Suffocation | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| 43 | 64 | 75 | 42 | 63 | 37 | 19 | 31 | 39 | 31 | 4 | =224 |