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[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 of Causes of Death for Quarter ending March 23rd, 1878.

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.
I.— Zymotic Diseases.
Measles35..17..........8
Typhoid Fever2..........1..1..2
Typhus Fever....1......1......1
Erysipelas1............1....1
Syphilis....1........1....1
Croup13..121........4
II— Constitutional Diseases.
Gout..1..........1....1
Dropsy..1........1......1
Cancer4............31..4
Phthisis or Consmptn.713......2117....20
Tubes Mesenterica13..2..1..1....4
Hydrocephalus11....2..........2
Apoplexy232..........527
Paralysis....4........22..4
Paralysis of Throat2............2....2
Epilepsy..221........3..4
Stricture....1........1....1
Convulsions..5243..........7
III.— Local Diseases.
Meningitis12....3..........3
Brain Fever....1........1....1
Brain Disease1....1............1
Heart Disease343..12..52..10
Bronchitis1312897..1513338
Pneumonia..6..22..2......6
Lung Disease, &c.31112....11..5
Stricture of Intestns.1............1....1
Asthma..11..........2..2
Liver Disease, &c.13..1......21..4
Kidney Disease2..2..1..111..4
Stomach Disease..1............1..1
Hernia1..............1..1
Skin Disease..1............1..1
Bowel Disease1..1..1......1..2
IV.— Developmental Diseases.
Premature Birth..2..2............2
Old Age4311..........15318
Marasmus11..11..........2
Atrophy and Debility51..6............6
Inanition..1..1............1
Malformation1....1............1
V.— Violent Deaths.
Fractures and Contns.....1..........1..1
Suffocation11..1......1....2
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