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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 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]

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Table: TABLE X.THIS TABLE SHOWS THE CAUSES OF DEATH at Various AgesOf persons dying in the parish, excluding non-parishioners, and including those parishioners who died in public institutions out of the parish, during the year1900.

TABLE X.

THIS TABLE SHOWS THE CAUSES OF DEATH at Various Ages

Of persons dying in the parish, excluding non-parishioners, and including those parishioners who died in public institutions out of the parish, during the year1900.

CAUSES OF DEATII.All Ages.Under. 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Deaths in Public Institutions.
Small-pox------——
Measles--------
Scarlet Fever--------
Whooping-cough11............
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup2....1..1..2
Croup--------
FeverTyphus————————
Enteric3....12....3
Other Continued————————
Epidemic Influenza7........614
Cholera————————
Plague————————
Diarrhoea33............
Enteritis22............
Puerperal Fever1........1..1
Erysipelas————————
Other Septic Diseases1........1....
Phthisis28......123421
Other Tubercular Diseases211..........
Cancer, Malignant Disease5........5..3
Bronchitis3833..1151418
Pneumonia13........766
Pleurisy2........11..
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs1..........1..
Alcoholism 1 Cirrhosis of Liver7........7..3
Venereal Diseases--------
Premature Birth55..........2
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition--------
Heart Diseases18........1088
Accidents8....11413
Suicides3....111....
All other Causes50841..181922
All Causes198239561005596