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. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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Causes of Death in the Parish of St. Martin-in -the -Fields for the Quarter ending December 28, 1861 .
0-5. | 5 to 20. | 20 to 40. | 40 to 60. | 60 to 80. | 80 Upwards | Total. | |
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Measles | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Scarlatina | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Whooping Cough | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Diarrhoea | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 |
Fever | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 |
Abscess, &c. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Mortification | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Mesenteric Disease | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Consumption | .. | 3 | 13 | 5 | .. | .. | 4 |
Water on Brain | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 |
Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Paralysis | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 |
Convulsions | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Disease of Brain | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
„ Heart | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | .. | 9 |
Bronchitis | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | 15 |
Pneumonia | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .... | 9 |
Disease of Lung | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
„ Intestines | .... | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 |
„ Liver | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | |
„ Uterus | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Debility from birth | 1 | 1 | |||||
Atrophy | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | 2 |
Old age | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 8 | 12 |
Fractures | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Drowning | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Poison | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
41 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 123 |