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St James's 1875

[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 September 25th, 1875.

ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER.

APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.

Table of Causes of Death for Quarter ending September 25th, 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 60.Above CO and under HO.80 and upwards.At all Ages.
I.—Zymotic Diseases.
Chicken Pox. .. .1111..........2
Measles. .1. .. .. .1..........1
Scarlatina321. .141........6
Diptheria. .1... .. .. .. .1......1
Whooping Cough2. .. .2......2
Typhoid Fever. .. .. .1. ... .1......1
Diarrhoea. .93191. .1..2. .13
Influenza. .. .1. .. .1........1
II .—Constitutional
Diseases
Dropsy. .3............12. .3
Cancer13. .2. .. .. .15. .. .6
Tabes Mesenterial. .22. .31. .. .. .. .. .4
Consumpt'n, Phthisis3979. ...41310. .28
Hydrocephalus. .. .1. .. .1..........1
Apoplexy. .11..........2. .. .2
Paralysis. .. .33. .. .. .. .1..10
Fpilepsy. .. .11. .. .11. .. .. .2
Convulsions346. .94..........13
III.—Local Diseases
Meningitis. .. .1. .. .. .1. .. .. .. .1
Brain Disease, &c.. .312112. .. .116
Heart Disease, &c.2423. .. .. .362..11
Bronchitis. .133.1. .. .15. .7
Pneumonia1. .5123. .. .2. 1. .7
I.ung Disease, &c.. .1..........1......1
Liver Disease, Ac.1................1..1
Laryngitis. .. .1........1. .. .. .1
Hernia. .1..............1. .1
Intemperance......1........1. .. .1
IV.—Developmental
Diseases.
Old Age1135. .. .. .. .. .6410
Marasmus1. .2. .3............3
Atrophy and Debility13. .. .3......1. .. .4
Tumour11. .1. .1. .. .2. .. .3
Inanition1. .3. .4........... .4
V.—Violent Deaths.
Sudden Death1..................11
20505034362292332257=154