[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster] page 41

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.

Table I. Causes of Death for Quarter ending September27th,1879.

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 00 and under §0.	80 and upwards.	At all Ages.
I.—Zymotic Diseases.
Measles	..	2	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	2
Scarlet Fever	2	2	..	..	3	1	..	..	..	..	4
Diphtheria	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
Whooping Cough	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Diarrhoea	2	3	..	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	5
Typhoid Fever	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Continued Fever	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Erysipelas	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Thrush	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
II.—Constitutional Diseases.
Cancer	2	..	1	..	..	..	..	2	1	..	3
Phthisis or Consmptn.	2	7	2	..	..	2	3	6	..	..	11
Hydrocephalus	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Apoplexy	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	l	..	..	1
Paralysis	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	..	3
Convulsions	1	3	..	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	4
III.—Local Diseases.
Meningitis	..	2	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	2
Brain Disease	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Heart Disease	2	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	2
Bronchitis	3	2	4	2	..	1	..	..	6	..	9
Kidney Disease	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Liver Disease	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	2
Lung Disease	1	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	2
Jaundice	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Bowel Disease	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Bladder Disease	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
IV.—Developmental Diseases.
Premature Birth	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Old Age	..	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	3
Atrophy and Debility	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Marasmus	..	2	1	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
Inanition	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Tumour	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	2
Teething	2	1	..	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	3
Alcoholism	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
V.—Violent Deaths.
Suicide	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	2
Fractures and Contns.	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Ovarian Disease	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
	24	42	15	22	8	6	8	16	20	1	=81