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 December 31st, 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 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Measles | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Scarlatina | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Quinsy | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Croup | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 3 | 4 | 3 | .. | 3 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 |
Typhus | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Diarrhœa | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Syphillis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Cancer | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Mortification | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Phthisis | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 9 | 2 | .. | 21 |
Hydrocephalus | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Apoplexy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 |
Paralysis | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | 7 |
Epilepsy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Convulsions | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Brain Disease, &c. | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 7 |
Aneurism | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Heart Disease, &c. | .. | 5 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | .. | 11 |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Bronchitis | 3 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | 16 | .. | 30 |
Pneumonia | 1 | 3 | 14 | .. | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 18 |
Asthma | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Lung Disease, &c. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Gastritis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Peritonitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Liver Disease, &c. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 4 |
Nephria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Stone | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Kidney Disease, &c. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 5 |
Ovarian Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Uterus Disease, &c. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Joint Disease, &c. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Ulcer | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Teething | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Childbirth | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Old Age | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 7 | 17 |
Atrophy and Debility | 1 | 5 | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Poison | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Suffocation | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Gun Shot Wounds | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
36 | 67 | 65 | 36 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 30 | 37 | 52 | 8 | =204 |