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. T able I.—
CAUSES OF DEATHS. | Unionhousc. | 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. |
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I.—Zymotic Diseases. | |||||||||
Typhoid Fever (Enteric) | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Whooping Cough | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Influenza | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 22 |
II.—Constitutional Diseases. | |||||||||
Phthisis (Consumption) | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | 10 |
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 9 |
Paralysis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | •• | 1 | .. | 2 |
Convulsions | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Gangrene | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
General Debility | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | 8 |
III.—Local Diseases. | |||||||||
Heart Disease | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Lung Disease.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Liver Disease | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 |
Stomach Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 |
Throat Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | •• | .. | 1 |
Croup | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | 1 |
Bronchitis | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 41 |
Pneumonia | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | • • | 6 |
Diseases of Urinary Organs | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Enteritis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Morbus Brightii | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
IV.—Developmental Diseases. | |||||||||
Old Age | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | 7 | 2 | 9 |
Marasmus | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Exhaustion | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | •• | 1 | 2 |
Inanition | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
V.—Violent Deaths. | ' | ||||||||
Syncope | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Suicide | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
45 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 36 | | 55 | 10 | 148 |