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 December 29, 1860.
0-5. | 5 to 20. | 20 to 40. | 40 to 60. | 60 to 80. | 80 Upwards | Total. | ||
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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 | 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 | ||
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 |
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