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 of death. | Unionhouse. | 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. | |||||||||
Measles | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diarrhoea | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Influenza | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
II.—Constitutional Diseases. | |||||||||
Phthisis (Consumption) | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | •• | 2 |
Convulsions | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Tumour | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• |
Gangrene | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
General Debility | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 |
III.—Local Diseases. | |||||||||
Heart Disease | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 5 |
Lung Disease.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Liver Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Stomach Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
Throat Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Bronchitis | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
Croup | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Pneumonia | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 9 |
Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
IV—Developmental Diseases. | |||||||||
Old Age | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Marasmus | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Exhaustion | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Premature Birth | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
v.—Violent Deaths. | |||||||||
Syncope | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Suffocation | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Suicide | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
Accidental Poisoning | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
11 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 78 |