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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ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER.
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
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. |
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I.—Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||||
Chicken Pox | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Measles | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Scarlatina | 3 | 2 | 1 | . . | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Diptheria | . . | 1 | .. | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 2 | . . | . . | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||
Typhoid Fever | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . | . . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diarrhoea | . . | 9 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | . . | 1 | .. | 2 | . . | 13 |
Influenza | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
II .—Constitutional | ||||||||||||
Diseases | ||||||||||||
Dropsy | . . | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | . . | 3 |
Cancer | 1 | 3 | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 5 | . . | . . | 6 |
Tabes Mesenterial | . . | 2 | 2 | . . | 3 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 4 |
Consumpt'n, Phthisis | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | . . | .. | 4 | 13 | 10 | . . | 28 | |
Hydrocephalus | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Apoplexy | . . | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | . . | . . | 2 |
Paralysis | . . | . . | 3 | 3 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | .. | 1 | 0 |
Fpilepsy | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 2 |
Convulsions | 3 | 4 | 6 | . . | 9 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 |
III.—Local Diseases | ||||||||||||
Meningitis | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
Brain Disease, &c. | . . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Heart Disease, &c. | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | . . | . . | . . | 3 | 6 | 2 | .. | 11 |
Bronchitis | . . | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | 5 | . . | 7 |
Pneumonia | 1 | . . | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . . | . . | 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 Age | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 6 | 4 | 10 |
Marasmus | 1 | . . | 2 | . . | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Atrophy and Debility | 1 | 3 | . . | . . | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | . . | . . | 4 |
Tumour | 1 | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 2 | . . | . . | 3 |
Inanition | 1 | . . | 3 | . . | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | 4 |
V.—Violent Deaths. | ||||||||||||
Sudden Death | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
20 | 50 | 50 | 34 | 36 | 22 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 25 | 7 | =154 |