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 | |
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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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