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. | 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 upward | At all Ages. | |
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I.—Zymotic Disrates. | ' | ||||||||||
Scarlatina | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Diptberia | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Typhoid Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Continued Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Diurrœa | 3 | 12 | .. | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 17 |
Rheumatism.. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Syphilis | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
II.—Constitutional Diseases. | |||||||||||
Gout | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Cancer | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | |
Phthisis & Consmptn. | 8 | 9 | 6 | .. | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .. | 23 |
Hydrocephalus | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Hemorrhage | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Apoplexy | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 |
Paralysis | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
Epilepsy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Convulsions | .. | 6 | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
III.—Local Diseases. | |||||||||||
Meningitis | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Drain Fever, &c. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Brain Disease | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Heart Disease, &c. | 4 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 3 | .. | 10 |
Bronchitis | 3 | 4 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | 2 | 3 | .. | 9 |
Pneumonia | 1 | 5 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 6 |
Stricture of lntestns. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Jaundice | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Liver Disease, &c. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 |
Dyspepsia | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Peritonitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Uterus Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
IV.—Developmen ta I Diseases. | |||||||||||
Old Age | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Marasmus | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Atrophy and Debility | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
Tumour | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Inanition | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
V.— Violent Deaths. | .. | ||||||||||
Fractures and Contns | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Suffocation | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Poison, Suicide | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Poison | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
36 | 70 | 20 | 37 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 28 | 1 | =132 |