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.—
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Unionliouse. | 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. | |||||||||
Enteric Fever (Typhoid) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diptheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diarrhoea | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | |||||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Pyaemia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
II.—Constitutional Diseases. | |||||||||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |||
.. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | ||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Convulsions ... | .. | 8 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||
! Tuberculosis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
.. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||
III.—Local Diseases. | |||||||||
Brain Disease | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Heart Disease | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 5 |
Lung Disease.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Liver Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Kidney Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Stomach Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Throat Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Bronchitis | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | 15 | |
Pneumonia | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | I | 9 | ||
i Meningitis | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
1 Enteiitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Venereal Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Morbus Brightii | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Cirrhosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
IV—Developmental Diseases. | |||||||||
. Old Age | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Marasmus | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
i Exhaustion .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |
• Inanition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Asthenia | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | ||
V.—Violent Deaths. | |||||||||
Syncope | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | |
Accidental Overdose Chloral | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Alcoholism (accidental over | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
dose Fusel oil) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
17 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 91 |