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 I.—
CAUSES OF DEATH. | St. James's | 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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I.—Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Rheumatism | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Croup | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
II.—Constitutional Diseases. | ||||||||||
Cancer | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Phthisis or Consumption | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .. | 14 |
Apoplexy | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .. | 9 |
Paralysis | 1 | 3 | .. | . | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 4 |
Convulsions | 8 | .. | 3 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
Epilepsy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
III.-Local Diseases. | ||||||||||
Meningitis | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Brain Disease | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 4 |
Lung Disease | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Heart Disease | 10 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 2 | .. | 12 |
Liver Disease | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Stomach Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Kidney Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Bronchitis | 34 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 18 | .. | 47 |
Pneumonia | 8 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 8 |
Hamorrhage | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diabetes | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Laryngitis | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | . | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
IV.—Developmental | ||||||||||
Old Age | 7 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 8 | 18 |
Marasmus | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Childbirth | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Inanition | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Other Diseases | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 |
V.— Violent Deaths. | ||||||||||
Fractures & Contusions | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Suffocation | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Gunshot Wound | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Syncope | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 |
Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | |
Exhaustion | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
130 | 31 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 21 | 33 | 45 | 12 | 161 |