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St James's 1876

[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 September30th, 1876.

ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER.

APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.

Table of Causes of Death for Quarter ending September30th, 1876.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Golden Square.Berwick Street.Workhouse.Under 1 Year of Age.Above 1 and under 6. Above 6 and under 20.Above 20 and under 40.Above 40 and under 00.Above 6O and under 80.80 nnd upwardAt all Ages.
I.—Zymotic Disrates.'
Scarlatina..2....11........2
Diptberia..1....1..........1
Typhoid Fever11........2......2
Continued Fever1........1........1
Erysipelas..1............1..1
Puerperal Fever..1..........1....1
Diurrœa312..15........2..17
Rheumatism....1......1........1
Syphilis..1..1............1
II.—Constitutional Diseases.
Gout..1............1..1
Cancer2..........11..2
Phthisis & Consmptn.896..14882..23
Hydrocephalus2......2..........2
Hemorrhage..1........1......1
Apoplexy..311....1..2..4
Paralysis111........12..3
Epilepsy1..............1..1
Convulsions..617............7
III.—Local Diseases.
Meningitis..2....2..........2
Drain Fever, &c.1......1..........1
Brain Disease12........1......3
Heart Disease, &c.451......163..10
Bronchitis342..2..623..9
Pneumonia15..22....2....6
Stricture of lntestns...1....1..........1
Jaundice....2......1..1..2
Liver Disease, &c.13..........13..4
Dyspepsia..2..........1....2
Peritonitis..1............1..1
Uterus Disease..1..........1....1
IV.—Developmen ta I Diseases.
Old Age122..........415
Marasmus1....1............1
Atrophy and Debility2113........1..4
Tumour1111..1..1....3
Inanition..2..2............2
V.— Violent Deaths...
Fractures and Contns..1..........1....1
Suffocation..1..1............1
Poison, Suicide1............1....1
Poison..1..........1....1
3670203713101528281=132