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 1882.
CAUSES.
Total
Deaths
at
all Ages.
Under
1
Tear.
From
1 Year
to 5.
From
5 Yrs.
to 20.
From
20 Yrs.
to 40.
From
40 Yrs.
to 60.
From
60Yrs.
to 80.
80 Yrs
and up
wards.
Smallpox
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Measles
7
1
6
-
-
-
-
-
Scarlet Fever
3
...
...
3
-
-
-
-
Diphtheria
14
...
10
4
-
-
-
-
Croup
7
...
5
2
-
-
-
-
Whooping Cough
13
4
9
-
-
-
-
-
Typhus Fever
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Enteric or Typhoid Fever
5
...
...
3
2
-
-
-
Simple Continued Fever
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Erysipelas
2
...
1
...
...
...
1
-
Carbuncle
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
-
Influenza
1
...
1
-
-
-
-
-
Dysentery
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Diarrhoea
7
5
1
...
1
-
-
-
Cholera (Simple)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cholera (Asiatic)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Ague
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
PyƦmia
2
...
...
...
1
1
-
-
Cynanche Maligna
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Phlegmasia Dolens
1
...
...
...
...
1
-
-
Phlebitis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Remittent Fever
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Rheumatism
1
...
...
...
1
-
-
-
Syphilis
3
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
Diseases of Male Organs
of generation
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Diseases of Female Organs
of generation
3
...
...
...
1
1
1
-
Hydrophobia
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Glanders
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Privation
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Want of Breast Milk
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Purpura and Scurvy
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Delirium Tremens
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Intemperance
2
...
...
...
...
2
-
-
Thrush
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Gout
2
...
...
...
...
2
-
-
Dropsy
3
1
...
...
1
1
-
-
Cancer
16
...
...
...
3
8
4
1
Sarcoma
1
...
...
...
...
1
-
-
Mortification
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
Scrofula
3
...
1
2
-
-
-
-
Tabes Mesenterica
4
3
1
-
-
-
-
-
Phthisis (Consumption
43
1
...
2
18
19
3
-
Hydrocephalus (Water on
Brain)
4
2
1
1
-
-
-
-
Apoplexy
22
...
...
...
3
12
7
-
Paralysis
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
-
Chorea
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Epilepsy
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-