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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I.— Zymotic Diseases. | |||||||||||
| Small Pox | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Measles | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Scarlatina | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Diarrhœa | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Rheumatism | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Erysipelas | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| II.— Constitutional Diseases. | |||||||||||
| Dropsy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Cancer | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Phthisis or Consmptn. | 9 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
| Hemorrhage | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Apoplexy | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
| Epilepsy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Paralysis | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 |
| Convulsions | 1 | 10 | .. | 8 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 |
| III.— Local Diseases. | |||||||||||
| Meningitis | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
| Brain Fever, &c. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Heart Disease | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Stomach Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Bronchitis | 4 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 4 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 |
| Asthma | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Liver Disease, &c. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Kidney Disease | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 |
| Bladder Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Lung Disease | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 |
| Teething | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Jaundice | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
| IV.— Developmental Diseases. | |||||||||||
| Premature Birth | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Old Age | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Atrophy and Debility | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Childbirth | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| V.— Violent Deaths. | |||||||||||
| Fractures and Contns. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
| Suffocation | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Drowning | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Alcoholism | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| 44 | 69 | 20 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 37 | 133 | |