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 | 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 |