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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APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
T able I.
| 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 |