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St James's 1874

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

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Table: ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER.APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.Table of Causes of Death for Quarter ending December31st, 1874.

ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER.

APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.

Table of Causes of Death for Quarter ending December31st, 1874.

CAUSES OF DEATH.St. James'sSquare.Golden Square.Berwick StreeetWorkhouse.Under 1 Tear 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.
Scarlatina235....82........10
Diptheria..11......11......2
Whooping Cough..11....2..........2
Typhoid Fever..21....1....11..3
Erysipelas1..............1....1
Puerperal Fever......1......1......1
Diarrhœa11113........1..4
Rheumatism......1....1........1
11.—Constitutional Diseases.
Gout1..............1....1
Dropsy..131....2111..5
Cancer12..2........1315
Scrofula..1..................1
Tabes Mesenterica....1..1............1
Consumpt'n, Phthisis49131....78....17
Hydrocephalus....1................1
Apoplexy1214......116..8
Paralysis15..4........45..9
Epilepsy..11........11....2
Convulsions421171..........8
Syphilis....1..1............1
III.—Local Diseases.
Brain Disease, &c.312..1..1..22..6
Heart Disease, &c.6631....1275116
Bronchitis3111023....2611126
Pleurisy....1........1......1
Pneumonia123..21..12....6
Asthma..2..1........21..3
Lung Disease, &c.1..2..1......1....3
Stomach Disease, &c...11..1......1....2
Liver Disease, &c.2..42......23218
Kidney Disease..11............2..2
IV. —Developmental Diseases.
Premature Birth....2..2............2
Old Age36213..........15924
Atrophy and Debility..34..61..........7
Teething....1..1............1
Intussusception......1..........1..1
V.—Violent Deaths.
Suffocation1......1............1
Diabetes1..............1....1
Tumours1................1..1
386355383120920445713=194