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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 REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. Table I.— Causes of Death during the Quarter ending Dec. 31 .st, 1889

CAUSES OP DEATH.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 60Above 60 and under 8080 and upwards.All Ages.
I.—Zymotic Diseases.
Group....2..2
Puerperal....1....1
Enteric Fever (Typhoid)......111....3
Measles......1........1
Diarrhoea....1....1....2
Erysipelas................1
Rheumatism................
Pyasmia................
Natural Fevpr....1..........1
Scarlet Fever..........1....1
II.—Constitutional Diseases.
Cancer..*
Phthisis (Consumption)111
Tabes Mesenterica..21126
Apoplexy..123
Paralysis111
Convulsions155
Epilepsy1................
Asthma2................
Pertuses2............2
III.—Local Diseases.
Skin Disease..1............1
Brain Disease1................
Heart Disease..........24..6
Liver Disease..1....11....3
Kidney Disease............1..1
Stomach Disease............1..1
Throat Disease..1......8....5
Bronchitis..3......16..12
Pneumonia..1....1........
Meningitis................1
Hemorrhage..................
Diabetes..................
Enteritis..................
Rapture of Aorta..................
Morbus Brightii..........11..2
Albuminuria..........1....1
Pleurisy..................
IV—Developmental Diseases...................
..Old ..Age8..........224
Marasmus41..........5
Child.birth1............1
Inanition..................
Asthenia............1..1
V.—Violent Deaths...................
Fractures and Contusions..................
Syncope..................
Suffocation..................
Alcholism2..................
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