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