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
CAUSE 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 | 3 | 5 | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
Typhoid Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Syphilis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Croup | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
II— Constitutional Diseases. | |||||||||||
Gout | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Dropsy | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Cancer | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 |
Phthisis or Consmptn. | 7 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 11 | 7 | .. | .. | 20 |
Tubes Mesenterica | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 |
Hydrocephalus | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Apoplexy | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Paralysis | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 |
Paralysis of Throat | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Epilepsy | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 4 |
Stricture | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Convulsions | .. | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
III.— Local Diseases. | |||||||||||
Meningitis | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Brain Fever | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Brain Disease | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Heart Disease | 3 | 4 | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | 10 |
Bronchitis | 13 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 7 | .. | 1 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 38 |
Pneumonia | .. | 6 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Lung Disease, &c. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 |
Stricture of Intestns. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Asthma | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Liver Disease, &c. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 |
Kidney Disease | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 |
Stomach Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Hernia | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Skin Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Bowel Disease | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
IV.— Developmental Diseases. | |||||||||||
Premature Birth | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Old Age | 4 | 3 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 3 | 18 |
Marasmus | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Atrophy and Debility | 5 | 1 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Inanition | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Malformation | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
V.— Violent Deaths. | |||||||||||
Fractures and Contns. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Suffocation | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
68 | 77 | 42 | 35 | 32 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 52 | 8 | 187 |
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