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.
Table of Causes of Death for Quarter ending June 24th, 1876.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | 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 60 and under 80. | 80 and upwards. | At all Ages. |
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I.—Zymotic Diseases. | |||||||||||
Measles | 8 | 4 | .. | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 |
Scarlatina | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Diarrhoea | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Fever Infantile | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Syphilis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
11.—Constitutional Diseases. | |||||||||||
Cancer | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Tabes Mesenterica | .. | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Phthisis &. Consmptn. | 6 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | .. | .. | 25 |
Hydrocephalus | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Apoplexy | 5 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | 12 |
Paralysis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Convulsions | 2 | 6 | .. | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
III.—Local Diseases. | |||||||||||
Meningitis | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Brain Disease, &c. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Heart Disease, &c. | 3 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | .. | 11 |
Bronchitis | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | .. | 20 |
Pneumonia | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Asthma | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Lung Disease, &c. | 4 | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 |
Stomach Disease, &c. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Liver Disease, &c. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 5 |
Kidney Disease | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Laryngitis | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Dyspepsia | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Stricture of Intestns. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
IV.—Developmental Diseases. | |||||||||||
Premature Birth | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Old Age | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Marasmus | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Atrophy and Debility | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Tumour | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Inanition | .. | 6 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Pyœmia | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Addisons Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
V.—Violent Deaths. | |||||||||||
Fractures and Contns. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Suffocation | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
56 | 76 | 32 | 46 | 22 | 6 | 18 | 31 | 35 | 6 | =164 |