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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 1894
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1894
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TABLE II
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 Years to 20. | From 20 Years to 40. | From 40 Years to 60. | From 60 Years to 80. | 80 Years and upwards. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | 8 | 2 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria | 8 | • • | 8 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Croup | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough. | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 4 | • • | • • | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – |
| Fevers of a Doubtful Nature | – | • • | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Erysipelas | 3 | •• | • • | • • | 1 | 2 | – | – |
| Pyæmia | 1 | • • | – | • • | 1 | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Carbuncle | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Influenza | 3 | • • | • • | • • | • • | 2 | 1 | – |
| Dysentery | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diarrhoea | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cholera (Simple) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cholera (Asiatic) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rheumatic Fever | 2 | • • | • • | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Syphilis (Congenital) | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Disease of Male Organs of Generation | 1 | • • | .. | • • | • • | 1 | – | – |
| „ Female „ „ | 2 | • • | • • | • • | • • | 2 | – | – |
| Hydrophobia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Glanders | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Privation | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Want of Breast Milk | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Purpura and Scurvy | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Delirium Tremens | 1 | • • | • • | • • | 1 | – | – | – |
| Intemperance | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Gout | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dropsy | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cancer | 21 | • • | • • | • • | 3 | 13 | 5 | – |
| Sarcoma | 2 | • • | • • | 1 | • • | 1 | – | – |
| Goitre | 1 | • • | • • | • • | 1 | – | – | – |
| Mortification | 1 | • • | • • | • • | • * | • • | 1 | – |
| Scrofula | 5 | 2 | 1 | • • | 2 | – | – | – |
| Tabes Mesenterica | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Phthisis | 33 | • • | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 5 | – |
| Leucocythemia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Lymphadenoma | 1 | • • | • •• • | • • | 1 | – | – | – |
| Hydrocephalus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Apoplexy | 10 | • • | • • | • • | • • | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Paralysis | 2 | • • | • • | • • | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Chorea | 1 | • • | • • | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Epilepsy | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Convulsions | 4 | 2 | • • | • • | 2 | – | – | – |
| Disease of Brain | 2 | • • | • • | 1 | • • | 1 | – | – |
| Cerebral Meningitis | 11 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Aneurism | 7 | • • | • • | • • | • • | 5 | 2 | – |
| Disease of Heart | 28 | • • | • • | 2 | 8 | 11 | 7 | – |
| Bronchitis and Asthma | 39 | 17 | 5 | • • | • • | 9 | 8 | – |
| Disease of Lungs | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pneumonia | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Pleurisy | 1 | • • | • • | • • | • • | 1 | – | – |
| Laryngitis | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Disease of Stomach | 4 | • • | • • | • • | 2 | 1 | 1 | – |
| „ „ Intestines | 8 | 2 | • • | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Peritonitis | 4 | • • | 1 | • • | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Pelvic Abscess | 2 | • • | • • | • • | 2 | – | – | – |
| Hernia | 1 | • • | • • | • • | 1 | – | – | – |
| Disease of Liver | 10 | • • | • • | • • | 2 | 5 | 3 | – |
| „ „ Spleen and Pancreas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ „ Kidney | 21 | • • | • • | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| „ ,, Bladder | 1 | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | 1 | – |
| „ „ Joints and Bones | 1 | • • | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ „ Spine | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ „ Skin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diabetes | 7 | • • | • • | 1 | 2 | 4 | – | – |
| Premature Birth | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Congenital Malformations | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Teething | 1 | • • | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Childbirth | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Old Age | 3 | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | 2 | 1 |
| Atrophy and Debility | 10 | 9 | • • | • • | • • | 1 | – | – |
| Injuries | 14 | • • | • • | • • | 8 | 4 | 2 | – |
| Burns and Scalds | 3 | • • | • • | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Poison | 4 | • • | • • | • • | 3 | 1 | – | – |
| Suffocation | 1 | • • | • • | • • | 1 | – | – | – |
| Drowning | 4 | • • | • • | • • | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Hanging | 1 | • • | • • | • • | • • | 1 | – | – |
| Cause not specified | 2 | 1 | • • | • • | • • | 1 | – | – |
| Pistol Shot Wound | 4 | • • | • • | • • | 1 | 3 | – | – |
| 341 | 54 | 33 | 17 | 86 | 99 | 48 | 4 |