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,
CAUSES. | Total Deaths at all Ages. | Under 1 Year. | From 1 Year to 5. | From 5 Yrs. to 20. | From 20Yrs. to 40. | From 40Yrs to 60. | From 60Yrs. to 80. | 80 Yrs and upwards. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Measles | 27 | 7 | 16 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Scarlet Fever | 5 | ... | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Diphtheria | 5 | ... | 4 | - | ] | - | - | - |
Croup | 5 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
Whooping Cough | 2 | ... | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Typhoid Fever | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - |
Simple Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Erysipelas | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Puerperal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Carbuncle | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Diarrhœa | 11 | 8 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Cholera (Simple) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cholera (Asiatic) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Remittent Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pyaemia | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | - |
Rheumatism | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Syphilis | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Diseases of Male Organs of generation | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | - |
Diseases of Female Organs of generation | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | - | - |
Hydrophobia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Glanders | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Privation | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Want of Breast Milk | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Purpura and Scurvy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Delirium Tremens | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | - | - |
Intemperance | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | - | - |
Thrush | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Gout | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
Dropsy | - | - | - | - | - | - | ... | - |
Cancer | 15 | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 5 | - |
Sarcoma | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | - | - | |
Mortification | -- | ... | ... | ... | - | - | - | - |
Scrofula | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - |
Tabes Mesenterica | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Phthisis (Consumption) | 43 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 1 | - |
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain) | 5 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | ||
Apoplexy | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 3 | - |
Paralysis | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | - |
Chorea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Epilepsy | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | - | - |
Convulsions | 8 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Laryngismus Stridulus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |