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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 1863

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

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Table: TABLE OF THE CAUSES of death,AT VARIOUS AGES,In the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, for the Year1863.

TABLE OF THE CAUSES of death,

AT VARIOUS AGES,

In the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, for the Year1863.

Diseases.Under 5 YearsFrom 5 to 20.From 20 to 40.From 40 to 60.From 60 to 80.80 and upwardsTotal Deaths atallages.
Small Pox543.........12
Measles171............18
Scarlatina17102.........29
Diphtheria22............4
Whooping Cough11...............11
Diarrhœa101444...23
Fever2249......17
Rheumatic Fever......111...3
Erysipelas1123......7
Croup62............8
Delirium Tremens........11...2
Dropsy........12...4
Cancer.........36110
Mortification...1...3...14
Scrofula622.........10
Consumption1723286...65
Water on the Brain13...............13
Apoplexy......116...15
Paralysis......2106720
Convulsions201.........221
Disease of Brain......766...19
Disease of Heart...1121211...36
Pneumonia1629106...43
Bronchitis12251214...47
Disease of Stomach............426
„ Intestines...232421
„ Liver112115...1
„ Kidneys......31...20
„ Joints, Sc.......14...19
Premature Birth and Debility37......3......4
Teething3...............37
Old Age............17...3
Fractures314...21330
Burns212.........13
Suicides......11......5
Drowning......41......2
Poison............1...5