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St James's 1871
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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62
Deaths in Quarter ending September 23rd, 1871.
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.
Small Pox
1
..
6
..
1
3
2
1
..
..
..
7
Scarlatina
..
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Croup
..
..
2
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
2
Whooping Cough
1
..
1
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
2
Typhus
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Erysipelas
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Diarrhœa
2
10
7
..
17
..
..
1
..
..
..
19
Cholera
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Syphillis
..
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Want of Breast Milk
..
..
2
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
Gout
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
2
Dropsy
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Cancer
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Mortification
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Scrofula
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Tabes Mesenterica
1
..
1
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
2
Phthisis
3
8
6
4
3
1
3
6
6
2
..
21
Hydrocephalus
..
..
2
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
2
Apoplexy
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
..
2
Paralysis
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
..
2
Insanity
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Convulsions
1
4
1
..
6
..
..
..
..
..
..
6
Brain Disease, &c.
3
3
2
..
..
2
3
..
1
2
..
8
Aneurism
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Heart Disease, &c. ..
4
3
2
..
..
..
1
3
3
2
..
9
Laryngitis
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Bronchitis
2
1
1
2
..
..
..
3
1
1
1
6
Pneumonia
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Lung Disease, &c.
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
..
2
Gastritis
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
..
..
2
Stricture of Intests.
1
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
2
Stomach Disease, &c.
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Jaundice
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Liver Disease, &c.
1
2
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
1
..
3
Kidney Disease, &c.
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Ovarian Dropsy
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
2
Premature Birth
..
..
2
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
Teething
1
1
2
..
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
Childbirth
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Old Age
..
1
2
5
..
..
..
..
..
5
3
8
Atrophy and Debility
1
4
2
1
8
..
..
..
..
..
..
8
Fractures and Contns.
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
Drowning
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Poison
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Hanging
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
28
52
46
20
49
13
12
19
23
24
6
=146