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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 October, November, and December, 1856.
| Total deaths at all ages. | Under 5 years. | At 5 and under 20. | At 20 and under 40. | At 40 and under 60. | At 60 and under 80. | At 80 and upwards. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.—Zymotic Class | Measles | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hooping Cough | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Croup | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Diarrhœa | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Typhus | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Rheumatic Fever | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| 2.—Dropsy, Cancer, &c. | Hæmorrhage | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Cancer | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| 3.—Tubercular Class | Scrofula | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Phthisis | 28 | — | 4 | 12 | 9 | 3 | — | |
| 4.—Dis. of Brain, Nerves, &c. | Cephalitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Hydrocephalus | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Apoplexy | 7 | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | — | |
| Paralysis | 5 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | |
| Dis. of Brain | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | |
| Convulsions | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 5.—Dis. of Heart, &c. | Dis. of Heart | 4 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — |
| 6.—Dis. of Lungs, &c. | Bronchitis | 17 | 5 | — | 2 | 6 | 4 | — |
| Pneumonia | 11 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Asthma | 6 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | |
| 7.—Dis. of Digestive Organs | Teething | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Peritonitis | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Hernia | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Dis. of Liver | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |
| 8.—Dis. of Kidneys | Dis. of Kidney | 4 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 9.—Dis. of Uterus, &c. | Childbirth | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Dis. of Uterus | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| 10.—Dis. of Joints, &c. | Rheumatism | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Fractures | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | — | — | |
| 17.—Violence. Privation, &c. | Intemperance____ | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Debility from Birth | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Debility from Age | 9 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | |
| Privation | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Found Dead | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Violence & Accidents | 6 | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | |
| Not specified | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | |
| 175 | 54 | 14 | 33 | 40 | 29 | 4 |