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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St James's 1873

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]

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Table: Deaths in Quarter ending March29th,1873.

Deaths in Quarter ending March29th,1873.

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.
I.—Zymotic Diseases.
Scarlatina..1........1......1
Croup..11..11..........2
Whooping Cough....1..1............1
Simple Contd. Fever....1....1..........1
Erysipelas..1..2......111..3
Carbuncle1........1....1
Diarrhoea1....2..........3..3
Delirium Tremens....1..........1....1
II.—Constitutional Diseases.
Gout11............11..2
Dropsy......1........1....1
Cancer....12........21..3
Scrofula1............1......1
Tabes Mesenterica1..4..41..........5
Phthisis3544......871..16
Apoplexy1113........15..6
Paralysis..1..............1..1
Epilepsy1....................1
Convulsions26..154..........9
III.— Local Diseases.
Brain Disease, &c.11........1....1..2
Heart Disease, &c.12..1....1111..4
Bronchitis271064211215..25
Pleurisy1..............1....1
Pneumonia4211132....2..8
Asthma..2............11..2
Lung Disease, &c.22..1..1..112..5
Peritonitis11..........2......2
Ascites1..............1....1
Ulceration of Intests...11..........2....2
Stricture of Intests...1......1..........1
Stomach Disease, &c.....1............1..1
Liver Disease, &c.1..2..1....11....3
Phlegmon....1............1..1
IV.—Developmental Diseases.
Premature Birth1......1............1
Old Age..313..........527
Atrophy and Debility..4..14......1....5
V.—Violent Deaths.
Fractures and Contns.1................1..1
Suffocation....1••1............1
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