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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 December 28, 1861 .

Causes of Death in the Parish of St. Martin-in -the -Fields for the Quarter ending December 28, 1861 .

0-5.5 to 20.20 to 40.40 to 60.60 to 80.80 UpwardsTotal.
Measles1..........1
Scarlatina5..........5
Whooping Cough41........5
Diarrhoea4......1..5
Fever..1111..4
Abscess, &c.11........2
Dropsy......1....1
Cancer......2....2
Mortification1..........1
Mesenteric Disease31........1
Consumption..3135....4
Water on Brain3..........21
Apoplexy......1....3
Paralysis....121..4
Convulsions1..........1
Disease of Brain....11....2
„ Heart......45..9
Bronchitis31..24..15
Pneumonia7..1..1....9
Disease of Lung....11....2
„ Intestines......1..2..3
„ Liver1..1..2..3
„ Uterus......1....1
Debility from birth11
Atrophy2............2
Old age........4812
Fractures......1..1
Drowning2..........2
Poison....1......1
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