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 1880.
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 upwards
.
Smallpox
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Measles
5
2
3
—
—
—
—
—
Scarlet Fever
12
2
6
4
—
—
—
—
Diphtheria
4
...
3
...
1
—
—
—
Croup
4
...
4
-
-
-
-
-
Whooping Cough
20
4
16
-
—
—
—
—
Typhus Fever
—
—
—
-
—
—
—
—
Enteric or Typhoid Fever
3
...
..*
2
...
1
—
—
Simple Continued Fever
1
...
...
...
1
—
—
Erysipelas
4
...
...
...
1
1
2
—
Puerperal Fever
1
...
...
...
1
—
—
—
Carbuncle
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Influenza
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dysentery
1
...
...
...
1
—
—
—
Diarrhoea
17
13
4
-
-
-
-
-
Cholera (Simple)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cholera (Asiatic)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Ague
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pyaemia
3
...
...
...
1
2
—
-
Phlebitis
1
...
...
1
-
—
—
-
Remittent Fever
1
...
1
-
-
—
—
-
Rheumatism
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Syphilis
4
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
Diseases of Male Organs
of generation
3
...
...
...
...
2
1
-
Diseases of Female Organs
Oof generation
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hydrophobia
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Glanders
—
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Privation
—
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Want of Breast Milk
2
2
—
-
-
-
—
-
Purpura and Scurvy
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Delirium Tremens
1
...
...
...
1
—
—
-
Intemperance
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Thrush
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
Gout
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dropsy
—
-
-
-
-
—
—
-
Cancer
17
...
...
1
3
9
4
-
Mortification
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
-
Scrofula
7
...
3
4
—
-
—
-
Tabes Mesenterica
3
...
2
1
—
-
-
-
Phthisis (Consumption)
55
...
1
4
22
26
2
-
Hydrocephalus (Water on
Brain)
6
...
4
1
—
—
—
—
Apoplexy
19
...
1
...
5
9
4
—
Paralysis
2
...
•••
•••
1
1
—
-
Chorea
—
...
1
...
...
1
2
-
Epilepsy
4
• ••
1
...
...
1
2
-
Convulsions
11
7
4
-
—
-
—
-
Disease of Brain
17
2
4
5
4
1
1
—