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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1878

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

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ABSTRACT OF THE ACCOUNTS
OF
THE VESTRY
OF THE
Parish of St. Martin-in the Fields,
FROM THE
26th MARCH, 1878, to the -25th MARCH, 1879.

Table: TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH.AT VARIOUS AGES,In the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fie ids, for the Year1878.

TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH.

AT VARIOUS AGES,

In the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fie ids, for the Year1878.

CAUSES.Total Deaths at all Ages.Under 1 Year.From 1 Year to 5.From 5 Yrs. to 20.From 20 Yrs. to 40.From 40 Yrs to 60.From 60 Yrs. to 80.80 Yrs And up wards,
Smallpox--------
Measles3...3-----
Scarlet Fever5131—-——
Diphtheria1...1——-——
Croup--------
Whooping Cough1248——-——
Typhus Fever--------
Enteric or Typhoid Fever7——25-——
Simple Continued Fever-------—
Erysipelas-------—
Puerperal Fever—————-——
Carbuncle--------
Influenza--------
Dysentery1............1——
Diarrhoea1284——-—-
Cholera (Simple)--------
Cholera (Asiatic)—————-——
Aguo—————-—-
Itemittent Fever—————-—-
Kheumatism3-...1—2—-
Syphilis73......22—-
Diseases of Male Organs of generation1............1--
Diseases of Female Organs of generation4......112--
Hydrophobia—————-—-
Glanders—————---
Privation--------
Want of Breast Milk—--——---
Purpura and Scurvy—————---
Delirium Tremens----—---
Intemperance—-———---
Thrush22------
Gout1-------
Dropsy2............2-
Cancer16......1474-
Mortification2............11-
Scrofula835-----
Tabes Mesenterica642-----
Phthisis (Consumption)70...143030--
Hydrocephalus (Water on Iirain)3...3———-—
Apoplexy17.........4841
Paralysis6----15-
Chorea--------
Epilepsy—------_-
Convulsions1385-----
Disease of Brain16272221-
Aneurism4.........13--
Disease of Heart37......391213-