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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1864

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

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42
TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH,
AT VARIOUS AGES,
In the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, for the Year 1864.
Diseases.
Under
5
Years.
From
5
to 20.
From
20
to 40.
From
44)
to 60.
From
60
to 80.
80
and
upwards.
Total
Deaths
at all ages.
Small Pox
3
...
...
...
...
...
3
Measles
11
...
...
...
...
...
11
Scarlatina
14
4
...
...
...
...
18
Whooping Cough
27
1
...
•••
...
...
28
Diarrhœa
15
3
3
1
1
...
23
Fever
3
5
3
14
4
...
29
Croup
3
•••
...
•••
...
...
3
Erysipelas
1
1
2
2
...
...
6
Delirium Tremens
...
•••
1
1
1
...
3
Dropsy
...
...
2
2
1
...
5
Cancer
...
...
3
3
2
...
8
Mortification
...
...
2
...
...
...
2
Scrofula
1
...
•••
...
...
...
1
Mesanteric Disease
6
...
...
...
...
...
6
Consumption
6
13
36
28
3
...
86
Water on the Brain
7
•••
•••
...
...
...
7
Apoplexy
...
...
...
6
8
...
14
Paralysis
•••
...
•••
3
3
...
6
Convulsions
22
...
•••
...
...
...
22
Diseases of Brain
7
2
...
6
1
...
16
Diseases of Heart
2
3
6
17
13
...
41
Bronchitis
27
4
4
17
14
4
70
Pneumonia
16
6
6
6
1
...
35
Asthma
...
...
2
1
2
...
5
Disease of Lungs
...
3
2
8
3
• ••
16
„ Stomach
...
...
1
1
...
...
2
„ Intestines
1
2
2
9
2
...
16
„ Liver
...
...
4
6
2
...
12
„ Kidneys
...
4
5
4
5
...
18
„ Bones and Joints
1
...
3
2
1
...
6
Premature Birth and Debility
31
...
...
...
...
...
31
Teething
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
Atrophy
7
...
...
...
...
...
7
Childbirth
•••
...
1
1
...
...
2
Old Age
...
...
...
...
24
13
37
Fractures
2
1
...
8
5
2
18
Suffocation
2
...
...
...
...
...
2
Suicide
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
Want
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
Wounds
...
...
...
2
...
...
2
Found Dead
3
...
...
...
...
...
3