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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Mortality in the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields for the Quarter ending March 30, 1861.
| 0-5 years. | 5 to 20. | 20 to 40. | 40 to 60. | 60 to 80. | 80 upwards | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Scarlatina | 3 | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | 3 |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
| Diarrhoea | 1 | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | 1 |
| Typhus Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | . . | .. | .. | 2 |
| Mesenteric Disease | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Cancer | . . | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Dropsy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 6 |
| Consumption | . . | 2 | 6 | 4 | .. | .. | 12 |
| Water on the Brain | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
| Apoplexy | . . | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Paralysis | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 |
| Convulsions | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
| Diseases of Brain | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Diseases of Heart | .. | 1 | l | 3 | 3 | .. | 8 |
| Bronchitis | 10 | .. | 4 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 37 |
| Pneumonia | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 10 |
| Asthma | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 5 |
| Disease of Lungs | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| ,, Stomach | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 |
| ,, Intestines | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 |
| ,, Kidney | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 4 |
| ,, Bones, &c.. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Debility from birth | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
| Teething | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Old age | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| Burns | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Suicides | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| 60 | 5 | 20 | 39 | 33 | 10 | 162 |