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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1863

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

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TABLE OF THE CAUSES of death,
AT VARIOUS AGES,
In the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, for the Year 1863.
Diseases.
Under
5
Years
From
5
to 20.
From
20
to 40.
From
40
to 60.
From
60
to 80.
80
and
upwards
Total
Deaths
at all ages.
Small Pox
5
4
3
...
...
...
12
Measles
17
1
...
...
...
...
18
Scarlatina
17
10
2
...
...
...
29
Diphtheria
2
2
...
...
...
...
4
Whooping Cough
11
...
...
...
...
...
11
Diarrhœa
10
1
4
4
4
...
23
Fever
2
2
4
9
...
...
17
Rheumatic Fever
...
...
1
1
1
...
3
Erysipelas
1
1
2
3
...
...
7
Croup
6
2
...
...
...
...
8
Delirium Tremens
...
...
..
1
1
...
2
Dropsy
...
...
..
1
2
...
4
Cancer
...
...
...
3
6
1
10
Mortification
...
1
...
3
...
1
4
Scrofula
6
2
2
...
...
...
10
Consumption
1
7
23
28
6
...
65
Water on the Brain
13
...
...
...
...
...
13
Apoplexy
...
...
1
1
6
...
15
Paralysis
...
...
2
10
6
7
20
Convulsions
20
1
...
...
...
2
21
Disease of Brain
...
...
7
6
6
...
19
Disease of Heart
...
1
12
12
11
...
36
Pneumonia
16
2
9
10
6
...
43
Bronchitis
12
2
5
12
14
...
47
Disease of Stomach
...
...
...
...
4
2
6
„ Intestines
...
2
3
2
4
2
1
„ Liver
1
1
2
11
5
...
1
„ Kidneys
...
...
3
1
...
20
„ Joints, Sc.
...
...
1
4
...
1
9
Premature Birth and Debility
37
...
...
3
...
...
4
Teething
3
...
...
...
...
...
37
Old Age
...
...
...
...
17
...
3
Fractures
3
1
4
...
2
13
30
Burns
2
1
2
...
...
...
13
Suicides
...
...
1
1
...
...
5
Drowning
...
...
4
1
...
...
2
Poison
...
...
...
...
1
...
5