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.—
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 tinder 40. | Above 40 and under 60 | Above 60 and under 80. | 80 and upwards. | All Ages. |
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I.—Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Typhoid Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhœa | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
II.—Constitutional Diseases. | ||||||||||
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Phthisis or Consumption | 11 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .. | 15 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Apoplexy | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Paralysis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Convulsions | 4 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
III.—Local Diseases. | ||||||||||
Brain Disease | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Heart Disease | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 |
Lung Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Liver Disease | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
Kidney Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Stomach Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Bronchitis | 15 | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 7 | .. | 17 |
Pneumonia | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 |
Hemorrhage | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | ..• | 1 | 3 |
Meningitis | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
IV. —Developmen taI Diseases. | ||||||||||
Old Age | 1 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | 2 | 13 |
Marasmus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Child-birth | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Other Diseases | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Inanition | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Exhaustion | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
V.—Violent Deaths. | ||||||||||
Fractures and Contusions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Gunshot Wound | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Alcoholism | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Syncope | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Suicide | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Suffocation | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
7 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 95 |
EDWIN BROOKS
AND
WILLIAM HILL WATSON.
INSPECTOR OF NUIENANCE