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.
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 60. | Above 60 and under 80. | 80 and upwards. | At all Ages. |
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I.—Zymotic Diseases. | |||||||||||
Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diphtheria | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Whooping Cough | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Typhoid Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Syphilis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Thrush | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
II.—Constitutional Diseases. | |||||||||||
Cancer | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 |
Phthisis or Consmptn. | 7 | 14 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 13 | 10 | .. | .. | 25 |
Tabes Mesenterica | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Hydrocephalus | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Scrofula | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Apoplexy | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | 6 |
Paralysis | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 5 |
Convulsions | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
III.—Local Diseases. | |||||||||||
Meningitis | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Brain Disease | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
Heart Disease | 1 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 7 |
Bronchitis | 10 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | .. | 7 | 10 | .. | 38 |
Pneumonia | .. | 10 | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 10 |
Asthma | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Kidney Disease | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Liver Disease | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Lung Disease | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Hernia | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Enteritis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Laryngitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Stomach Disease | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Bowel Disease | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Bladder Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
IV.—Developmental Diseases. | |||||||||||
Premature Birth | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Old Age | 3 | .. | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 12 | 17 |
Debility | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Marasmus | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Inanition | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Teething | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Child birth | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Alcoholism | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Peritonitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
V.—Violent Deaths. | |||||||||||
Hanging | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Suffocation | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Destitution | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
43 | 82 | 47 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 39 | 38 | 15 | =172 |