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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ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER.
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I.—Zymotic Diseases. | |||||||||||
| Measles | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Scarlatina | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 5 | .. | 3 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Syphilis | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Diarrhœa | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| II.—Constitutional Diseases. | |||||||||||
| Gout | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Cancer | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 |
| Phthisis or Consmptn. | 5 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 5 | .. | .. | 13 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Hydrocephalus | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Apoplexy | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 5 |
| Paralysis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Convulsions | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
| III.—Local Diseases. | |||||||||||
| Meningitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Brain Disease | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
| Heart Disease | 6 | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | .. | 15 |
| Bronchitis | 12 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 5 | .. | 2 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 40 |
| Pneumonia | .. | 9 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 9 |
| Asthma | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Liver Disease, &c. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Kidney Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Lung Disease, &c. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 5 |
| Stomach Disease | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
| Ovarian Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Teething | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Bone Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| IV.—Developmental Diieases. | |||||||||||
| Premature Birth | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Old Age | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| Marasmus | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Atrophy and Debility | 3 | 4 | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 7 |
| Childbirth | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Inanition | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| V.— Violent Deaths. | |||||||||||
| Fractures and Contns. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Poison | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Suftocation | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
| 57 | 90 | 32 | 34 | 29 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 43 | 13 | =179 |