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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 1856
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Vestry of]
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QUARTERLY RETURN OF DEATHS
IN THE
PARISH OF ST. MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS,
For the Months of April, May, June, 1856.
| Death at all ages. | Under 3 years. | At ft and under 20. | At 20 and under 40. | At 40 and under 60. | At 60 and under 80. | 80 and upwards. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.—Zymotic Class | Small Pox | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Scarlatina | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Hooping Cough | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Diarrhœa | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Typhus | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | |
| Rheumatic Fever | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Erysipelas | 3 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | |
| 2.—Dropsy, Cancer, &c. | Hæmorrhage | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Dropsy | 5 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | |
| Cancer | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 8.—Tubercular Class | Scrofula | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 8 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| Phthisis | 15 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | — | — | |
| Hydrocephalus | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 4.—Dis of Brain, Nerves, &c. | Cephalitis | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apoplexy | 3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | |
| Paralysis | 7 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | |
| Convulsions | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Dis. of Brain | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | |
| 5.—Dis. of Heart, &c. | Dis. of Heart | 5 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — |
| 6.—Dis. of Lungs, &c. | Laryngitis | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bronchitis | 6 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| Asthma | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| 7 —Dis. of Digestive Organs. | Teething | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ascites | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | |
| Enteritis | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Peritonitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Dis. of Pancreas | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Dis. of Liver | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | |
| Fistula | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| 8.—Dis. of Kidneys | Dis. of Kidneys | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| 9. —Dis. of Uterus, &c. | Child birth | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 10.—Dis. of Joints, Bones, &c. | Dis. of Bones | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11.—Dis. of Skin, &c. | Carbuncle | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 17.—Violence, Privation, &c., &c. | Debility from Birth | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Debility from Age | 8 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | |
| 125 | 47 | 5 | 16 | 35 | 19 | 3 |