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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APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
Table of Causes of Death for Quarter ending Jane 26th 1875.
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 CO. | Above 60 and under 80. | 80 and upwards. | At all Ages. |
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I.—Zymotic Diseases | ||||||||||||
Scarlatina | . . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Diptheria | . . | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Whooping Cough | 1 | 2 | . . | . . | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
Typhoid Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . . | 2 | ||||||
Erysipelas | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | .. | 1 |
Diarrhoea | . . | 2 | 2 | . . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||
Rheumatism | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
II.—Constitutional Diseases. | ||||||||||||
Gout | . . | .. | . . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Cancer | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | . . | 5 | |
Tabes Mesenterica | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | 0 |
Phthisis | .. | 11 | 3 | 5 | .. | 9 | 9 | 1 | . . | 19 | ||
Hydrocephalus | . . | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Apoplexy | 1 | 1 | , , | 3 | .. | . . | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
Paralysis | , . | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | . . | S |
Convulsions | 3 | 6 | 3 | .. | 7 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 |
III.—Local Diseases. | ||||||||||||
Meningitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Brain Disease, &c. | 1 | 1 | . . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2, | 1 | .. | 3 |
Heart Disease, &c. | .. | 3 | . . | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 5 |
Bronchitis | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | f) | 13 | .. | 25 |
Pneumonia | 4 | 4 | 2 | . . | 2 | 2 | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 10 |
Asthma | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Lung Disease, &c. | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9, | .. | .. | 2 |
Liver Disease, &c. | . . | 1 | . . | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Kidney Disease | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Laryngitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | 3 | . . | .. | .. | .. | . . | 3 |
Ovarian Tumour | . . | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Ischuria | . . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
IV.—Developmental Diseases. | ||||||||||||
Premature Birth | . . | 1 | . . | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Old Age | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 9 | 14 |
Atrophy and Debility | 2 | 4 | 1 | . . | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 9 | .. | 7 |
Childbirth | . . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Tumour | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Thrush | . . | . . | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
V.—Violent Deaths | ||||||||||||
Fractures and Contns | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Suffocation | . . | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Starvation | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | . . | 1 |
23 | 70 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 16 | 33 | 40 | 13 | =154 |