Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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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 |
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