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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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32
Causes of Death in the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
for the Quarter ending December 29, 1860.
0-5.
5 to
20.
20 to
40.
40 to
60.
60 to
80.
80
Upwards
Total.
Measles
6
..
..
..
..
..
6
Scarlatina
7
1
..
..
..
..
8
Whooping Cough
2
..
..
..
..
..
2
Diarrhœa
4
..
1
1
..
..
6
Typhus
1
..
..
..
1
..
2
Dropsy
..
..
1
1
1
..
3
Cancer
..
..
..
2
..
..
2
Mortification
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Mesenteric Disease
3
..
..
..
..
..
3
Consumption
1
1
8
4
1
..
15
Hydrocephalus
3
..
..
..
..
..
3
Apoplexy
..
..
..
2
..
..
2
Paralysis
..
..
..
2
1
..
3
Convulsions
5
..
..
..
..
..
5
Disease of Brain
2
..
..
..
1
..
3
„ Heart
..
..
1
3
2
..
6
Bronchitis
4
1
2
7
1
..
15
Pneumonia
8
1
3
3
..
..
15
Asthma
..
..
2
2
1
..
5
Disease of Lung
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
„ Stomach
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
„ Intestines
..
..
..
1
1
..
2
„ Liver
..
..
..
1
2
..
3
„ Uterus
..
..
2
..
..
..
2
„ Bones, &c.
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Debility from birth
8
..
..
..
..
..
8
Atrophy
3
..
..
..
..
..
4
Old age
..
..
..
..
6
..
13
Fractures
..
..
2
1
..
..
3
Burns
2
..
..
..
..
..
2
Suffocation
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Suicides
Hanging
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Gunshot
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Found dead
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
63
5
24
32
20
7
151