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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TABLE OF THE CAUSES of death,
AT VARIOUS AGES,
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 atallages. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 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 |