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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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. |
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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 |
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