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 June 29th, 1872.
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 1 and under GO | Above GO and under 80 | Above 80 and upwards | At all Ages |
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Small Pox | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 4 |
Measles | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Quinsy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Dysentery | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Diarrhœa | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Cholera | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Rheumatism | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Gout | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Dropsy | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Cancer | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
Tabes Mesenterica .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Phthisis | 8 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 4 | .. | 30 | |
Hydrocephalus | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Cephalitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Apoplexy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Paralysis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Convulsions | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 8 |
Brain Disease, &c. | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 7 |
Heart Disease, &c. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 5 |
Bronchitis | 3 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | .. | 11 |
Pleurisy | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Pneumonia | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Lung Disease, &c. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 5 |
Gastritis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Peritonitis | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Stricture of Intests. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Stomach Disease, &c. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Hepatitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Liver Disease, &c. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 |
Kidney Disease, &c. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Premature Birth | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Teething | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Old Age | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 5 | 15 |
Atrophy and Debility | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Fractures and Contns. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Suffocation | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
38 | 35 | 33 | 30 | 22 | 7 | 27 | 20 | 35 | 5 | =146 |