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St James's 1893
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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Of the notifiable Infectious Diseases, 262 cases came
under notice during the year 1803. Of these 262 cases
107 were of Scarlet Fever; 50 were of Small Pox; 47 were
of Diphtheria; 32 were of Erysipelas; 20 were of Typhoid;
3 were of Continued Fever; and 3 were of Puerperal Fever.
Of the 202 cases, 159 were removed to Extra-Parochial Hospitals,
and 5 to the Poor Law Infirmary in Cleveland Street;
08 of the cases were not removed. Details of these 262
cases are appended in Table II, pages 208 to 220.
Pleurisy
1
| Pneumonia | 10 |
| Prostatic Disease | 1 |
| Pyaemia | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 |
| Small Pox | 1 |
| Spinal Disease | 1 |
| Syncope | 1 |
| Typhoid Fever | 2 |
| Violent Deaths:— | |
| Fall Downstairs | 1 |
| Fall from a Van | 1 |
| Run over by Cart | 1 |
| Fall downstairs (Fractured Ribs) | 1 |
| Scalded | 1 |
| Run over by Van | 1 |
| Hysterectomy (a surgical operation performed at the Women's Hospital, Soho Square) | 1 |
| — 7 | |
| 136 | |
Tables of the causes of death and other data for the year
1893 aro appended.
I have the honour to remain,
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
JAMES EDMUNDS.
29, Dover Street, Piccadilly.