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 I.—
| 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 CO. | Above 60 and under 80. | 80 and upwards. | Atall Ages. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I.—Zymotic Diseases. | |||||||||||
| Measles | .. | 2 | .. | . | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Scarlatina | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Diarrheea | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 |
| Continued Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| II.—Constitutional Diseases. | |||||||||||
| Dropsy | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Cancer | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Phthisis or conemptn. | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | 8 | 3 | .. | 17 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Hydrocephalus | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Hemorrhage | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Apoplexy | 3 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | .. | 8 |
| Paralysis | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
| Epilepsy | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Convulsions | 3 | 10 | .. | 10 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 |
| III.—Local Diseases. | |||||||||||
| Meningitis | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Brain Disease | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 4 |
| Heart Disease | 4 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 9 | |
| Bronchitis | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | .. | 15 |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 5 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 |
| Asthma | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Kidney Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Liver Disease, &c | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Lung Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Dyspepsia | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Stomach Disease, &c. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Uterus Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Skin Disease | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| IV.—Developmental Diseases. | |||||||||||
| Premature Birth | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Old Age | 3 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Marasmus | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Tumour | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Y.—Violent Deaths. | |||||||||||
| Fractures and Contns. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | |
| Suicides | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Suffocation | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Alcoholism | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| 37 | 70 | 22 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 33 | 3 | 129 |