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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of the health of a community, the numbers for the
corresponding quarters of the years 1860, and
18G1 have varied but little, being 48, 44, 45.
Causes of Death in the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields for the Quarter ending September 2s, 1861.
| 0-5. | 5 to 20. | 20 to 40. | 40 to 60. | 60 to 80. | 80 Upwards | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlatina | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 |
| Diarrhoea | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
| Typhus | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Mortification | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Mesenteric Disease | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Consumption | 3 | .. | 13 | 5 | .. | .. | 21 |
| Hydrocephalus | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Paralysis | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Disease of Brain | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Convulsions | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Disease of Heart | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Bronchitis | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 7 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 |
| Disease of Stomach | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| „ Intestines | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | 1 |
| „ Kidney | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
| „ Joints, &c. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Debility from birth | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 |
| Teething | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Old age | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Atrophy | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 |
| Fractures | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Wounds | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Drowning | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| 62 | 8 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 127 |