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. | |||||||||||
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 |