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, 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. | |||||||||||
Small Pox | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Measles | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Scarlatina | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Whooping Cough | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Diarrhœa | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
II.— Constitutional Diseases. | |||||||||||
Gout | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Phthisis or Consmptn. | 5 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 5 | .. | .. | 9 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Hydrocephalus | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Apoplexy | 5 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 2 | .. | 9 |
Paralysis | 4 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 4 | .. | 10 |
Convulsions | 4 | 6 | .. | 6 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 |
III.— Local Diseases. | |||||||||||
Meningitis | 2 | 5 | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 7 |
Brain Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Heart Disease | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 |
Bronchitis | 11 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 4 | .. | 2 | 10 | 16 | .. | 35 |
Intersusception | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Pneumonia | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Intestine Disease | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Asthma | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Liver Disease, &c. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 5 |
Kidney Disease | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
Lung Disease, &c. | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 5 |
Bladder Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Uterus Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Thrush | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Carbuncle | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Gout in Bladder | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
Tuberculosis | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Hemorrhage | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Throat | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Other Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
IV— Developmental Dsieases. | |||||||||||
Old Age | 2 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 8 |
Atrophy and Debility | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Childbirth | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Inanition | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
V.— Violent Deaths. | |||||||||||
Fractures and Contns. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Suffocation | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
63 | 70 | 17 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 41 | 37 | 7 | 147 |