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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 1899
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1899
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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 Yean to 60. | From 60 Years to 80. | 80 Years and upwards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 5 | 2 | 3 | - | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid Fever | 10 | — | — | 3 | 7 | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Pyæmia and Septicæmia | 6 | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever. | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Influenza | 5 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — |
| Diarrhœa | 9 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rheumatism | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Syphilis | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Disease of Female Organs of Generation | 2 | — | — | — | ] | 1 | — | — |
| Privation | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Intemperance | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | - | — |
| Gout | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Cancer | 36 | — | — | — | 3 | 20 | 13 | — |
| Sarcoma | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Mortification | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Scrofula | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Phthisis | 21 | — | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | — | — |
| Leucocythemia | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Hydrocephalus | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Apoplexy | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Paralysis | 1 | — | —• | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Disease of Brain | 9 | — | — | 3 | 4 | i | 1 | — |
| Cerobral Meningitis | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Aneurism | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Disease of Heart | 39 | — | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 12 | — |
| Bronchitis | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | — |
| Pneumonia | 19 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 11 | 2 | — |
| Pleurisy | 8 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Disease of Stomach | 6 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| ,, ,, Intestines | 26 | 14 | 3 | — | 3 | 4 | 2 | -• |
| Peritonitis | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Hernia | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — |
| Disease of Liver | 13 | — | — | — | 2 | 9 | 2 | — |
| „ „ Kidney | 15 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | — |
| „ ,, Bladder | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| „ „ Joints and Bones | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| „ „ Spine | 1 | — | — | — | l | — | — | — |
| „ „ Thyroid | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Diabetes | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Premature Birth | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Teething | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Congenita] Malformation | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Old Age | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Atrophy and Debility | 6 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Injuries | 18 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 2 | 8 | — |
| Burns and Scalds | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Poison | 1 | — | — | —.. | 1 | — | — | — |
| Suffocation | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Drowning | 6 | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| Neglect at Birth | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Childbirth | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Abscess | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chloroform | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 358 | 50 | 25 | 27 | 81 | 106 | 68 | l |