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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1860
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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30
Causes of Death in the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
for the Quarter ending September 29, 1860.
0-5.
5 to
20.
20 to
40.
40 to
60.
60 to
80.
80
Upwards
Total
Measles
3
..
..
..
..
..
3
Scarlatina
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Whooping Cough
3
..
..
..
..
..
3
Diarrhœa
3
..
..
..
..
..
3
Typhus
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Rheumatic Fever
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
Erysipelas
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Dropsy
..
..
..
1
..
..
3
Mortification
..
..
..
2
..
..
2
Consumption
1
..
..
6
..
..
14
Hydrocephalus
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Apoplexy
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
Paralysis
..
..
..
2
..
..
2
Disease of Brain
1
..
1
..
..
..
3
„ Heart
..
..
3
1
1
..
5
Bronchitis
1
..
..
..
2
..
3
Pneumonia
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Asthma
..
..
..
..
2
..
2
Disease of Lung
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
„ Stomach
..
..
..
1
2
..
3
„ Intestines
..
..
..
1
..
..
2
„ Liver
..
..
..
2
..
..
2
„ Kidney
..
..
..
3
..
..
4
Debility from birth
3
..
..
..
..
..
3
Teething
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Old age
..
..
..
..
10
2
12
Atrophy
5
..
..
..
..
..
5
Fractures
1
..
..
1
..
..
5
Suicide
..
..
..
2
..
..
2
Manslaughter
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Suffocation
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
27
5
16
23
21
2
94