London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St James's 1893
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
This page requires JavaScript
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. TABLE I—Causes of Death during Quarter ending June 30th, 1803.
| CAUSES OP DEATH. | Union house. | Under 1 Yeaar of Age. | Above 1 and under 5. | Above 5 and under 20. | Above 20 and under 40. | Above and under 60. | Above 60 and under 80. | 80 and upwards. | All Age. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I.—Zymotic Diseases. | |||||||||
| Diarrhœa | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Diphtheria | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Rheumatism | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| II.—Constitutional Diseases. | |||||||||
| Apoplexy | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Cancer | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Convulsions | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| General Debility | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Paralysis | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Phthisis (Consumption) | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 7 | ... | ... | 12 |
| Congenital Weakness | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| III.—Local Diseases. | |||||||||
| Brain Disease | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 9 |
| Bronchitis | 1 | 3 | 3 | ... | 1 | 2 | 6 | ... | 15 |
| Diseases of Urinary Organs | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Heart Disease | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Hemorrhage | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 |
| Kidney Disease | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Liver Disease | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 |
| Meningitis | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Pleurisy | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 6 |
| Stomach Disease | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 7 |
| Syphilis | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | v | ... | 2 |
| Throat Disease | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 |
| IV.—Developmental Diseases. | |||||||||
| Anæmia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Inanition | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Marasmus | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Old Age | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| V.—Violent Deaths. | |||||||||
| Accidental Death | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Alcoholism | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Suicide | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 4 |
| Suffocation | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Syncope | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 |
| 17 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 98 |