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 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 60 | Above 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards. | All Ages. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I.—Zymotic Diseases. | |||||||||
Group | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | ||||
Puerperal | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Enteric Fever (Typhoid) | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 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) | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Tabes Mesenterica | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |||
Apoplexy | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
Paralysis | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Convulsions | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
Epilepsy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Asthma | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Pertuses | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
III.—Local Diseases. | |||||||||
Skin Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Brain Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Heart Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | 6 |
Liver Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Kidney Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Stomach Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Throat Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 5 |
Bronchitis | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | 12 |
Pneumonia | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Hemorrhage | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rapture of Aorta | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Morbus Brightii | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Albuminuria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
IV—Developmental Diseases. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
..Old ..Age | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | |
Marasmus | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Child.birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Inanition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Asthenia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
V.—Violent Deaths. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fractures and Contusions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syncope | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suffocation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Alcholism | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | ... | .. |
19 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 77 |