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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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TABLE OF DEATHS
IN THE
PARISH OF ST. MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS,
For the Quarter ending September 30, 1856.
| Total deaths at all ages. | Under 5 years. | 5 and under 20. | 20 and under 40. | 40 and under 60. | 60 and under 80. | 80 and upwards. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.—Zymotic Class | Measles | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlatina | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Hooping Cough | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Croup | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Diarrhœa | 8 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Typhus | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Rheumatic Fever | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Erysipelas | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| 2.—Dropsy, Cancer, &c. | Hemorrhage | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| Dropsy | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | |
| Abscess | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Mortification | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| 3.—Tubercular Class | Mesenteric Disease | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Phthisis | 15 | — | 4 | 8 | 3 | — | — | |
| 4.—Dis. of Brain, Nerves, &c. | Hydrocephalus | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cephalitis | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Apoplexy | 5 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | |
| Paralysis | 8 | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | — | |
| Delirium Tremens | 4 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | |
| Convulsions | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | —_ | |
| Dis. of Brain | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | |
| 5.—Dis.of Heart, &c. | Dis. of Heart | 6 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 6.—Dis. of Respiratory Organs | Laryngitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Bronchitis | 3 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Asthma | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Dis. of Lungs | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| 7.—Dis. of Digestive Organs | Teething | 9 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteritis | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Peritonitis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Ascites | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Dis. of Liver | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | |
| 8.—Dis. of Kidneys | Dis. of Kidney | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 9.—Dis of Uterus | Dis. of Uterus | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 10.—Dis. of Bones, &c. | Dis. of Bones | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 17.—Violence, Privation, &c. | Syphilis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Debility from Birth | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Debility from Age | 11 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | |
| Privation | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Found Dead | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Fractures | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | |
| 147 | 60 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 20 | 6 |