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 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Scarlatina | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diphtheria | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 1 | 4 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Diarrhœa | 4 | 7 | .. | 8 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 11 |
Typhoid Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Ague | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Rheumatism | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
Croup | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
II.— Constitutional Diseases. | |||||||||||
Pleurisy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Dropsy | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Phthisis | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | .. | 2 | 11 | 10 | .. | .. | 24 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Hemorrhage | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Apoplexy | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Paralysis | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | 7 |
Convulsions | 3 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 12 |
Teething | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Malformation | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
III.— Local Diseases. | |||||||||||
Meningitis | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Heart Disease | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Bronchitis | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | 11 |
Pneumonia | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 |
Bright's Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Intestine Disease | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Liver Disease | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 5 |
Laryngitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Kidney Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Jaundice | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Abcess | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Bladder Disease | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Throat Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diabetes | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Pyæmia | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Other Diseases | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
IV.— Developmental Diseases. | |||||||||||
Premature Birth | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Old Age | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Marasmus | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Atrophy and Debility | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Childbirth | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Inanition | .. | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
V.— Violent Deaths. | |||||||||||
Suffocation | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Wounds Accidental | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
48 | 73 | 26 | 42 | 20 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 29 | 3 | 136 |