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. Table I.-
Scarlet Fever | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Typhoid Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Measles | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Diarrhoea | 13 | 3 | 9 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 16 |
Rheumatism | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
II.-Constitutional Diseases. | ||||||||||
Cancer | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Phthisis or Consumption | 14 | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | 14 | |
Tabes Mesenterica | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Apoplexy | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Paralysis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Convulsions | 7 | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
Gout | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
III.-Local Diseases. | ||||||||||
Meningitis | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Heart Disease | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 5 | .. | 8 |
Lung Disease | 1 | .. | . . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Kidney Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Liver Disease | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Bronchitis | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .. | 10 | ||
Pneumonia | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Throat Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
IV.-Developmental Diseases. | ||||||||||
Old Age | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Atrophy and Debility | 5 | 2 | 1 | " * | ||||||
Inanition | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Marasmus | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Teething | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Premature of Birth | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | -ft |
Other Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
V.-Violent Deaths. | ||||||||||
Suffocation | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Gunshot | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
104 | 15 | 41 | 13 | 8 | 16 | .. | 22 | 5 | no |