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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 1861

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

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Table: Causes of Death in the Parish of St. Martin-in-the Fields for the Quarter ending June 29, 1861.

Causes of Death in the Parish of St. Martin-in-the Fields for the Quarter ending June 29, 1861.

0-5.5 to 20.20 to 40.40 to 60.60 to 80.80 UpwardsTotal.
Measles10..........10
Whooping Cough8..........8
Fever211......4
Croup6..........6
Diarrhoea1....11..3
Mesenteric Disease3..........3
Cancer....11....2
Dropsy........213
Consumption..3541..13
Water on the Brain3..........7
Apoplexy......4....3
Paralysis........1..1
Diseases of Brain221..1..5
Convulsions12..........12
Diseases of Heart....14117
Bronchitis51..33113
Pneumonia61......17
Asthma....114..6
Disease of Bowels....212..5
,, Liver....14....5
„. Kidney......12..3
„ Joints, &c..1..1......2
Debility from birth12..........12
Teething4..........4
Old age............17
Burns1..1..1..3
Suicide....1......1
Drowned..2........2
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