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St James's 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]

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PARISH OF ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER.

APPENDIX TO EE POET OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. T able I.— Causes of Death during the Quarter ending Mar.31,1889.

causes OF death.Workhouse.Tinker 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 upwardsAll Ages.
I.—Zymotic Diseases.
Enteric Fever (Typhoid)..........................
Measles...23..........5
Whooping Cough..................
Diphtheria..................
Diarrhoea..........2.... . .2
Erysipelas..................
Rbeumatism..................
Gout..........123
11.—Constitutional Diseases..................
Phthisis (Consumption)11113o z2..10
Tabes Mesenteric1................
Apoplexy............3..3
Paralysis. ............1..1
Convuislons1..............10
Epilepsy2................
Asthma.............1....1
Spina Bifida..................
Tuberculosis.............. . .. .1
Tumour1........2. . .13
Hepatilis..........2.... . .2
III.—Local Diseases.
Brain Disease.............11
Heart Disease5......112, ,4
Lung Disease..........1. .. ,1
Liver Disease........111, ,o U
Kidney Disease...................
Stomach Disease..........1....1
Throat Disease..........1..12
Croup...1...........1
Bronchitis642..,,4....11
Pneumonia25..........7
Meningitis...12..........3
Hemorrhage............1
Peritonitis... .....11... . .3
Enteritis..............
Cirrhosis........... .1....1
Pleurisy.... ........2....2
Venereal Disease.... ,................
IV—DevelopmentalDiseases..............
Old Age8..........617
Marasmus...1........12
Exhaustion, ,. ........21..3
Inanition2......., .....2
Premature Birth...2....... .. ...2
Astheniat . .1......1....2
V.—Violent Deaths...........
Fractures and Contusions.........1. .. .. ,1
Syncope.......... . .1....1
Suffocation..................
Alcoholism..................
Suicide..........1.....1
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