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[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. |
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I.—Zymotic Diseases. | |||||||||||
Scarlatina | 6 | 5 | .. | 1 | 6 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 |
Diphtheria | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Whooping Cough | .. | 6 | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | 2 |
Typhus Fever | .. | ... | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Rheumatism | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Croup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
II.—Constitutional Diseases. | |||||||||||
Cancer | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 5 |
Phthisis &Consmptn. | 3 | 12 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | ... | 19 |
Tabes Mesenterica | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Hemorrhage | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Apoplexy | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | ... | 5 |
Paralysis | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 6 |
Convulsions | 4 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
III.—Local Diseases. | |||||||||||
Meningitis | ... | 1 | ... | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Brain Fever, &c. | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | ... | .. | 4 |
Heart Disease | 3 | 2 | ... | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 5 |
Bronchitis | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | 17 |
Pneumonia | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Asthma | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Bright's Disease | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Liver Disease | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Laryngitis | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Lung Disease | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Jaundice | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Pleurisy | ... | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Epilepsy | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
IV.—Developmental Diseases. | |||||||||||
Premature Birth | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Old Age | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | 10 |
Marasmus | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Atrophy and Debility | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Malformation | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Inanition | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Hernia | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Suffocation | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Peritonitis | ... | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
51 | 73 | 17 | 21 | 32 | 12 | 15 | 23 | 29 | 9 | =141 |