[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster] page 39

St James's 1879

[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.

T able I. Causes of Death for Quarter ending March29th,1879.

CAUSES of death	Golden Square.	Berwick Street.	Workhouse.	Under 1 Year of Age.	Above 1 and under 9.	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.—Zymetic Diseases.
Measles	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Scarlet Fever	..	5	..	..	1	4	..	..	..	..	5
Whooping Cough	2	8	..	2	3	..	..	..	..	..	5
Diarrhœa	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Puerperal Fever	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Croup	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Thrush	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Syphilis	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
II.—Constitutional Diseases.
Gout	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Cancer	1	4	..	..	..	..	..	3	2	..	5
Phthisis & Consmptn.	1	4	2	..	..	..	5	2	..	..	7
Tabes Mesenterica	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Hydrocephalus	3	1	..	2	2	..	..	..	..	..	4
Hemorrhage	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Apoplexy	3	4	3	..	..	..	1	3	5	1	10
Paralysis	..	1	0	..	..	..	..	1	4	2	7
Convulsions	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
III.—Local Diseases.
Meningitis	..	4	..	1	3	..	..	..	..	..	4
Brain Disease	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Heart Disease	4	2	2	..	..	..	..	6	2	..	8
Bronchitis	10	17	15	8	..	..	..	11	25	4	48
Pneumonia	..	6	..	1	1	..	1	2	1	..	6
Asthma	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Kidney Disease	2	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	3	..	4
Liver Disease	1	1	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	2
Stomach Disease	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	1	3
IV.—Developmental Diseases.
Premature Birth	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Old Age	1	7	5	..	..	..	..	..	7	6	13
Debility	2	..	3	4	..	..	..	1	..	..	5
Marasmus	1	..	3	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	4
Inanition	1	1	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
Tumour	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Abcess	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Teething	2	2	..	1	3	..	..	..	..	..	4
Childbirth	1	1	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	2
Alcoholism	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Ententes	..	2	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	2
V.—Violent Deaths.
Hanging	..	2	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	2
Suffocation	..	1	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
Otherwise	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
	51	78	41	34	18	4	14	35	54	14	=173