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St James's 1873

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

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Deaths in Quarter ending December 21th,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 00.Above 60 and under 80.Above 80 and upwards.At all Ages.
I.— Zymotic Diseases.
Small Pox..1..........1......1
Measles388..514..........19
Scarlatina1..5..15..........6
Croup....1..1............1
Whooping Cough283177..........14
Enteric or Typhd. Fvr.....1....1..........1
Simple Contd. Fever..2......2..........2
Erysipelas..11................2
Puerperal Fever..1..................1
Diarrhoea....1............1..1
Rheumatism..................1..1
Delirium Tremens ..1............1......1
Thrush1..1..2............2
II.—Constitutional Diseases.
Cancer..81........243..9
Tabes Mesenterica23..142..........6
Phthisis681010..1..18123..34
Hydrocephalus......1..1....••....1
Apoplexy..113........14..5
Paralysis..1..1..........2..2
Epilepsy1..............1....1
Convulsions..55..82..........10
III.—Local Diseases.
Brain Disease, &c.1..11..1..11....3
Aneurism..1............1....l
Heart Disease, etc3121......114..7
Laryngitis1..............1....1
Bronchitis719100913..41111• t48
Pneumonia314..34....1..8
Asthma1................1..1
Lung Disease, &c.271113....34..11
Peritonitis2..1........21....3
Hepatitis1..1..........11..2
Liver Disease, &c...21........12....3
Bright's Disease1..............1....1
Calculus (Stone)1....11............2
Premature Birth1..3..4............4
Other Malformations....1..1............1
IV.—Developmental Diseases.
Teething1..2..21..........3
Paramenia..1..........1......1
Childbirth..1......1..........1
Old Age12..17..........12820
Atrophy and Debility112..4............4
V.—Violent Deaths.
Fractures and Contns.......1..........1..1
Burns and Scalds..2......2..........2
Suffocation1....11..••1......2
Cut, Stab1............1......1
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