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 |