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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St Martin-in-the-Fields 1877

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]

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Table: TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH.AT VARIOUS AGES,In the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, for the Year1877.

TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH.

AT VARIOUS AGES,

In the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, for the Year1877.

CAUSES.Total Deaths at all Ages.Under 1 Year.From 1 Year to 5.From 5 Yrs. to 20.From 20 Yrs. to 40.From 40 Yrs to 60.From 60 Yrs. to 80.80 Yrs and up wards
Smallpox--------
Measles5...32————
Scarlet Fever---—————
Diphtheria-------—
Croup312—————
Whooping Cough5...5—————
Typhus Fever1.........1——
Enteric or Typhoid Fever5...221———
Simple Continued Fever2......1...1——
Erysipelas-------—
Puerperal Fever-------—
Carbuncle1...............1-
Influenza--------
Dysentery1............1——
Diarrhœa842...1...1
Cholera (Simple)-------—
Cholera (Asiatic)—————-——
Ague-------—
Remittent Fever--------
Rheumatism9...12411-
Syphilis33———-—-
Diseases of Male Organs of generation1............1——
Diseases of Female Organs of generation1.........1--—
Hydrophobia--------
Glanders—————-—-
Privation—————-—-
Want of Breast Milk—————-—-
Purpura and Scurvy1............1—-
Delirium Tremens3.........12—-
Intemperance1............1—-
Thrush11———-—-
Gout2...2-
Dropsy11—————-
Cancer12............84-
Mortification2...............2-
Scrofula7232--—-
Tabes Mesenterica523—--—-
Phthisis (Consumption)76..1730317-
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain)522...1—--
Apoplexy14.........194-
Paralysis2...............2-
Chorea---—--—-
Epilepsy4.........13—-
Convulsions1073——-—-
Disenfte of Grain12252...12-
Aneurism9.........36—-
Disease of Heart34......411811-