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 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. | |||||||||||
Small Pox | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Scarlatina | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Diptheria | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Croup | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Whooping Congh | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Typhoid Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diarrhœa | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Rheumatism | .. | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Alcoholism | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
II.—Constitutional Diseases. | |||||||||||
Cancer | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 |
Phthisis & Consmptn. | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 6 | 1 | .. | 14 |
Tabes Mesenterica | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Hydrocephalus | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Apoplexy | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 4 |
Paralysis | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 |
Epilepsy | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Convulsions | 1 | 4 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
III.—Local Diseases. | |||||||||||
Brain Disease, &c | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Heart Disease, &c. | 1 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | 8 |
Bronchitis | 3 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | .. | 1 | 2 | 8 | .. | 18 |
Pneumonia | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Asthma | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Liver Disease, &c. | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 1 | .. | 8 |
Lung Disease, &c. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Peritonitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Kidney Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Stricture of Intests. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 |
Inflammtn. of Bowels | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
IV.—Developmental Diseases. | |||||||||||
Old Age | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 |
Marasmus | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Atrophy and Debility | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Childbirth | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
Tumour | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Thrush | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Inanition | .. | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Spina Bifida | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
V.—Violent Deaths. | |||||||||||
Fractures and Contns. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Suffocation | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Burns and Scalds | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Suicide—Wounds | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
„ Poison | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
36 | 70 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 23 | 5 | =124 |