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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1896

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1896

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TABLE II.

TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH at Various Ages

In the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-.Fields, during the Year1896.

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--------
Measles9171
Scarlet Fever2..11
Diphtheria3..21
Croup1...1
Whooping Cough624
Typhus Fever-
Typhoid Fever11..1352
Fevers of a Doubtful Nature-
Erysipelas2..• •..1]
Pyæmia4......211
Puerperal Fever1....1
Carbuncle-
Influenza1..........1
Dysentery-
Diarrhoea44
Cholera (Simple)
Cholera (Asiatic) .
Ague
Rheumatic Fever3....12
Syphilis
Disease of Male Organs of Generation1..........1
„ Female „ „1......1
Hydrophobia
Glanders
Privation
Want of Breast Milk
Purpura and Scurvy-
Delirium Tremens1......1
Intemperance2......2
Gout
Dropsy
Cancer19......199
Sarcoma
Mortification
Scrofula7..22..3
Tabes Mesenterica11
Phthisis321..311161
Leucocythemia-
Lymphadenoma1....1
Hydrocephalus11--
Apoplexy9......243-
Paralysis3........2..1
Chorea—-
Epilepsy2......11
Convulsions22
Disease of Brain-
Cerebral Meningitis714..2
Aneurism2......11
Disease of Heart37....681382
Bronchitis and Asthma25331198
Disease of Lungs2........2
Pneumonia18..2..7351
Pleurisy4......21I
Laryngitis1..........1
Disease of Stomach5..1..31
„ ,, Intestines156..15l2
Peritonitis7..1222
Hernia31....11
Disease of Liver6......231
„ „ Spleen and Pancreas
„ „ Kidney25...17125
„ „ Bladder1..........1
„ „ Joints and Bones--
„ ,, Spine-
„ .. Skin-
Diabetes2........2
Premature Birth77--
Congenital Malformations
Teething22
Childbirth
Old Age1............1
Atrophy and Debility54......1-
Injuries161..1662
Burns and Scalds1..........1
Poison1......1
Abscess3..11....1
Ether1......1
Suffocation21....1-
Drowning4......211
Pistol Shot Wound4......31
Hanging1......1-
Cause not specified33------
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