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
| causes of death. | St. James, Westminster. | 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. | All Ages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric (Typhoid) Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Diarrhœa | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| II.— Constitutional | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Apoplexy | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 6 |
| Paralysis | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 |
| Convulsions | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| III —Local Diseases. Brain Disease | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Heart Disease | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 6 |
| Lung Disease | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Liver Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Kidney Disease | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Stomach Disease | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
| Bronchitis . | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 9 | 5 | .. | 17 |
| Pneumonia | 7 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 7 |
| IV.—Developmental | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Marasmus | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Child birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Diseases | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Inanition | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Exhaustion | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| V.—Violent Deaths. Fractures & Contns. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Suffocation | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Gunshot Wound | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Alcoholism | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Syncope | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| 65 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 21 | 9 | 90 |