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St James's 1881

[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 for Quarter ending June 25th, 1881.

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.
Small Pox..1....1..........1
Measles2......2..........2
Scarlatina11....11........2
Whooping Cough..1....1..........1
Diarrhœa11..1..........12
Typhoid Fever1............1....1
Rheumatism..1............1..1
Erysipelas..1..............11
II.— Constitutional Diseases.
Dropsy1................11
Cancer1..............1..1
Phthisis or Consmptn.921......191112
Tabes Mesenterica31224..........6
Hemorrhage..1............1..1
Apoplexy2..1............33
Epilepsy1..............1..1
Paralysis1..3............44
Convulsions110..821........11
III.— Local Diseases.
Meningitis32..22..1......5
Brain Fever, &c.11......1....1..2
Heart Disease25............167
Stomach Disease1..............1..1
Bronchitis412525......6821
Pneumonia24..22....11..6
Asthma..1............1..1
Liver Disease, &c.14............235
Kidney Disease12............3..3
Bladder Disease..1............1..1
Lung Disease13212....1..16
Teething13..31..........4
Jaundice....2............22
IV.— Developmental Diseases.
Premature Birth..2..2............2
Old Age113..........145
Atrophy and Debility1....1............1
Childbirth..1..........1....1
V.— Violent Deaths.
Fractures and Contns...2..1..........12
Suffocation..3..3............3
Drowning..1..1............1
Alcoholism....1............11
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