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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Table of the Causes of Death at various Ages in the Parish of
St. Martin-in-the-Fields, for the Year 1883—continued.
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
60Yrs.
to 80.
80 Yrs
and upwards.
Disease of Brain
10
1
2
1
2
2
2
—
Aneurism
2
...
...
...
2
-
—
—
Disease of Heart
32
...
5
7
15
5
-
Bronchitis and Asthma
39
11
i'i
1
2
5
9
-
Disease of Lungs
9
1
l
2
2
2
1
—
Pneumonia
24
3
8
2
4
5
2
-
Pleurisy
3
...
...
...
1
z
—
-
Laryngitis
2
...
1
...
...
1
-
-
Disease of Stomach
4
2
...
...
...
...
2
-
Disease of (Esophagus
2
...
...
...
...
1
1
-
Disease of Intestines
5
2
I
2
—
—
-
-
Peritonitis
4
1
...
...
1
2
-
—
Hernia
3
...
...
...
1
2
-
—
Disease of Liver
7
...
...
...
...
4
3
—
Disease of Spleen
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
—
Disease of Kidney
13
...
...
2
4
6
1
—
Disease of Bladder
2
...
...
...
...
...
2
—
Disease of Joints and
" Bones
4
...
2
1
...
1
—
—
Disease of Spine
1
...
...
...
1
—
-
—
Disease of Skin
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Diabetes
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Premature Birth
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cyanosis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spina Bifida
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Teething
4
2
2
—
—
—
-
-
Childbirth
1
...
...
...
1
—
-
—
Old Age
1
...
...
...
...
1
—
Atrophy and Debility
13
11
...
1
...
1
—
—
Fractures and Contusions
15
...
...
2
3
7
3
—
Pistol Shot Wounds
2
...
...
...
2
—
—
—
Burns and Scalds
3
...
1
1
1
—
—
—
Poison
2
...
...
...
...
1
1
—
Nitrous Oxide Gas
1
...
...
...
...
1
—
—
Suffocation
3
2
1
—
—
—
—
—
Drowning
8
...
...
2
2
3
1
—
Hanging
—
—
-
-
-
-
-
-
Violent Deaths (not
classed)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
408
74
72
34
78
98
49
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