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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PARISH OF ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER.
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. T able 1. -
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Golden Square. | Berwick Street. | Workhouse. | Under 1 Year of Age. | Above 1 and under 5. | Above 6 and under 20. | Above 20 and under 40. | Above 40 and under 60. | Above 60 and under 80. | 80 and upwards. | All Ages. |
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I.-Zymotic Diseases | |||||||||||
Measles | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Whooping Cough | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Rheumatism | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
II.-Constitutional Diseases. | |||||||||||
Cancer | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | ||
Phthisis or Consmptn. | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 5 | .. | .. | 11 | |
Tabes Mesenterica | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Apoplexy | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | |||
Paralysis | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |
Convulsions | 3 | 4 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
III-Local Diseases. | |||||||||||
Meningitis | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Brain Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Heart Disease | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 5 |
Bronchitis | 17 | 9 | 9 | 3 | .. | 1 | 11 | 11 | .. | 35 | |
Catarrh | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Pneumonia | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | |
Liver Disease | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 |
Lung Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Stomach Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Hemorrhage | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diabetes | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Premature of Birth | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
IV.-Developmental Diseases. | |||||||||||
Old Age | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 7 | 13 | ||
Childbirth | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |||
Marasmus | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Other Diseases | .. | 10 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
V.- Violent Deaths | |||||||||||
Fractures & Contns | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Suffocation | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Gunshot Wound | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Syncope | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
50 | 54 | 27 | | 20 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 47 | 10 | 131 |