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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St Martin-in-the-Fields 1860

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]

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Table: TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATHIn the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, for the Year1860.

TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH

In the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, for the Year1860.

Under 5 Years.From 5 to 20.From 20 to 40From 40 to 60.From 60 to 80.80 and upwards.Total Deaths at all ages.
Small Pox8...............3
Measles18...............13
Scarlatina145............19
Whooping Cough131............13
Diarrhœa9......11...12
Fever41...11...7
Croup6...............6
Diphtheria2...............2
Erysipelas1...............1
Rhrumatic Fever.....................
Delirium Tremens.....................
Mesenteric Disease18...............13
Cnnrer.........44...8
Dropsy......156...11
Cnnsmnption3733281...72
Water on the Brain14...............14
Mortification......1.........4
Apoplexy......176...13
Paralysis.........73111
Disease of Brain65132...17
Convulsions13...............13
Disease of Heart1...1103...21
Bronchitis22261818874
Pneumonia101661...24
Asthma......264...12
Disease of Lungs......24......6
„ Intestines...4365...18
„ Liver1...46......11
„ Kdney.........5......10
„ Bones, &c2112......6
„ Uterus......3.........3
Debility at birth20...............20
Teething8...............8
Atrophy81............9
Old age.........1421659
Fractures1233......9
Burns5121......9
Suicide......32117
Found dead2...............2
Suffocation4...............4
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