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 | |
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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 |