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,
BIRTHS and DEATHS, &c., for the last Ten Years.
1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Births | 588 | 614 | 551 | 579 | 571 | 595 | 670 | 576 | 592 | 559 |
Deaths | 568 | 593 | 621 | 597 | 566 | 561 | 631 | 594 | 620 | 526 |
„ under 5 years | 199 | 192 | 221 | 227 | 203 | 207 | 229 | 185 | 205 | 184 |
„ from 5 to 60 | 246 | 299 | 287 | 261 | 246 | 237 | 279 | 270 | 141 | 260 |
„ over 60 years | 123 | 114 | 116 | 106 | 119 | 117 | 135 | 139 | 274 | 82 |
„ from Smallpox | 1 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
„ „ Measles | 6 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 6 |
„ „ Scarlet Fever | 37 | 34 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 21 | 8 |
„ „ Whooping Cough | 12 | 12 | 28 | 25 | 6 | 36 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 13 |
„ „ Diarrhoea | 15 | 18 | 23 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 28 | 17 | 20 | 19 |
„ „ Fever | 11 | 53 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 8 |
„ „ Consumption | 56 | 65 | 85 | 87 | 81 | 64 | 78 | 67 | 80 | 69 |
„ in Charing Cross Hospital | 77 | 79 | 85 | 92 | 61 | 61 | 131 | 123 | 122 | 150 |
Inquests | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 45 |