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 DEATH. | Umonhouse. | 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 | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Diarrhoea | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Influenza | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
II.—Constitutional Diseases. | |||||||||
Phthisis (Consumption) | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 6 |
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Tabes Menterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Apoplexy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Paralysis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 |
Convulsions | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Tuberculosis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Tumour | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Gangrene | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 |
General Debility | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 |
III__Local Diseases. | |||||||||
Heart Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
Liver Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Kidney Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Stomach Disease | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 8 |
Throat Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Bronchitis | 4 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
Pneumonia | • • | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
IV —Developmental Diseases. | |||||||||
Old Age | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Marasmus | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 |
Exhaustion | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Premature Birch | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
V.—Violent Deaths. | |||||||||
Fractures and Contusions | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Syncope | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Suicide | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
14 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 88 |