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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AT VARIOUS AGES,
Diseases. | Under 5 Tears. | From 5 to 20. | From 20 to 40. | From 40 to 60. | From 60 to 80. | 80 and up-wards. | Total Deaths at all ages. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smallpox | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
Measles | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | |
Scarlet Fever | 13 | 7 | ... | ... | 1 | 21 | |
Whooping Cough | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ||
Diarrhœa | 19 | ... | 1 | 20 | |||
Typhus Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
Croup | 5 | ... | 5 | ||||
Rheumatic Fever | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |||
Enrsipelas | 9 | ... | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
Delirium Tremens | ... | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
Cancer | ... | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | ||
Mortification | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |||
Dropsy | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
Measenteric Disease | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | |
Consumption | 4 | 5 | 27 | 40 | 4 | 80 | |
Water on the Brain | 6 | ... | ... | 6 | |||
Apoplexy | ... | ... | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | |
convulsions | 30 | 1 | ... | ... | 31 | ||
Disease of Brain | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 25 | |
... | ... | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | ||
Paralysis | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | |
Epilepsy | 1 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 11 | ... | 39 |
Disease of Heart | 23 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 72 |
Bronchitis | 14 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 40 | |
Pneumonia | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ... | 11 | |
Disease of Lungs | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
Asthma | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 |
Disease of Stomach | 1 | ... | 6 | 4 | 2 | ... | 13 |
„ Liver | 1 | ... | 8 | 10 | 1 | ... | 22 |
„ Intestines | 3 | ... | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
„ Kidney | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 5 | ||
„ Bladder | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | |
Bones and Joints | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
2 | g | ||||||
Childbirth | 8 | 22 | |||||
Teething | 22 | ... | 17 | ||||
Debility from Birth | ... | 7 | 7 | ... | 25 | ||
Fracture of Bones | ... | 13 | 12 | 5 | |||
Old Age | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | ||
Rupture of Blood-vessels | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ||
Privation | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | |||
Chloroform | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 28 | ||
Inquests | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |