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,
In the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, for the Year 1873.
CAUSES.
Total
Deaths
at
all Ages.
Under
1
Year.
From
1 Year
to 5.
From
5 Yrs.
to 20.
From
20Yrs.
to 40.
From
40Yrs.
to 00.
From
60 Yrs.
to 80.
80 Yrs.
and upwards.
.Smallpox
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Measles
11
3
8
-
-
-
-
-
-Scarlet Fever
2
...
2
-
-
-
-
-
Diphtheria
2
-
1
1
—
—
—
—
Croup
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Whooping Cough
15
7
7
1
—
—
—
—
Typhus Fever
1
...
...
1
—
—
—
—
Enteric or Typhoid Fever
8
...
3
1
2
2
—
—
Simple Continued. Fever
2
...
...
1
...
1
—
—
Erysipelas
4
...
...
...
...
2
2
—
Puerperal Fever
3
...
...
...
3
—
—
—
Carbuncle
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pyoemia
2
...
...
...
2
—
—
—
Influenza
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dysentery
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Diarrhoea
13
9
3
-
-
-
-
-
Cholera (Simple)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cholera (Asiatic)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Ague
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Remittent Fever
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Rheumatism
4
...
...
2
2
—
—
—
Syphilis
4
3
...
1
—
—
—
—
Diseases of Male Organs
3
...
...
...
...
2
1
—
of generation
Diseases of Female Organs
of generation
2
....
...
...
...
2
—
—
Hydrophobia
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Glanders
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Privation
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Want of Breast Milk
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
Purpura and Scurvy
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Delirium Tremens
6
-
...
...
3
3
—
—
Intemperance
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Thrush
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Gout
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dropsy
2
...
...
...
1
1
—
—
Cancer
14
...
...
...
4
8
2
—
Mortification
2
...
...
...
1
...
1
—
Scrofula
6
1
2
1
1
...
1
—
Tabes Mesenterica
3
2
1
...
—
...
—
—
Lymphadenoma
1
...
...
1
—
...
—
—
Phthisis (Consumption)
77
1
...
9
37
26
4
—
Hydrocephalus (Water on
Brain).
6
2
4
—
—
Apoplexy
13
...
3
7
3
—
Paralysis
8
...
...
...
2
2
3
1
Chorea (St. Vitus' Dance)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Epilepsy
2
...
...
•••
1
1
—
—
Convulsions
5
3
•)
—
—
—
—
—
Disease of Brain
15
1
6
•.
3
1
2
-