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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APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. Table I.—
es of death. | Unionhouse. | Under 1 Year of Age. | Above 1 and under 5. | Above 5 andiunder 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. | |||||||||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhoea | .. | 5 | 5 | ||||||
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
II.—Constitutional Diseases. | |||||||||
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Phthisis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Tabes Menteric | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Convulsions | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | |
Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Asthma | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | I | .. | .. | 1 |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
General Debility | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
III—Local Diseases. | |||||||||
Brain Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | ..'.. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Heart Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Lung Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 |
Liver Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Kidney Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Stomach Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Throat Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Croup | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Pneumonia | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | I | .. | ]0 |
Meningitis | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | |
Peritonitis' | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Cirrhosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Morbus Brightii | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
IV —Developmental Diseases. | |||||||||
Old Age | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Marasmus | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Exhaustion | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Inanition | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Asthenia | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
V.—Violent Deaths. | |||||||||
Fractures and Contusions | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Syncope | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .1 | .. | 1 |
Suffocation | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Suicide | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
7 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 10 | l3 | 12 | 76 |