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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B9
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. | |||||||||||
| Measles | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
| Scarlatina | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Whooping Cough | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Diarrhœa | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Syphilis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Typhoid Fever | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Rheumatism | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Croup | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| II.— Constitutional Diseases. | |||||||||||
| Cancer | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Phthisis & Consmptn | 8 | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .. | 16 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Hemorrhage | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Apoplexy | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 5 |
| Paralysis | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 7 |
| Convulsions | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Teething | 2 | 5 | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
| III.— Local Diseases. | |||||||||||
| Meningitis | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Brain Fever, &c. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Heart Disease | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | 7 |
| Bronchitis | 4 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .. | 3 | 9 | 2 | 25 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
| Bright's Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Liver Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Kidney Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Lung Disease | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Stomach Disease | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Diabetes | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Other Diseases | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| IV.— Developmental Diseases. | |||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Old Age | 1 | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Marasmus | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Atrophy and Debility | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Inanition | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Tumour | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
| V.— Violent Deaths. | |||||||||||
| Suffocation | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Poison (Accidental) | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Suicides | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Alcoholism | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Sudden Deaths | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| 47 | 66 | 24 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 33 | 6 | 137 | |