London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

St Martin-in-the-Fields 1883

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

This page requires JavaScript

74
TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH,
AT VARIOUS AGES,
In the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, for the Year 1883.
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 60.
From
60Yrs.
to 80.
80 Yrs
and upwards.
Smallpox
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Measles
27
7
16
4
-
-
-
-
Scarlet Fever
5
...
3
2
-
-
-
-
Diphtheria
5
...
4
-
]
-
-
-
Croup
5
1
4
-
-
-
-
-
Whooping Cough
2
...
2
-
-
-
-
-
Typhus Fever
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Typhoid Fever
6
...
...
1
4
1
-
-
Simple Continued Fever
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Erysipelas
3
-
1
-
-
1
-
1
Puerperal Fever
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Carbuncle
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Influenza
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dysentery
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Diarrhœa
11
8
1
-
1
-
1
-
Cholera (Simple)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cholera (Asiatic)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Ague
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Remittent Fever
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pyaemia
2
...
...
...
1
...
1
-
Rheumatism
1
...
...
1
-
-
-
-
Syphilis
3
2
1
-
-
-
-
-
Diseases of Male Organs
of generation
5
...
...
...
3
...
2
-
Diseases of Female Organs
of generation
3
...
...
...
2
1
-
-
Hydrophobia
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Glanders
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Privation
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
Want of Breast Milk
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Purpura and Scurvy
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Delirium Tremens
1
...
...
...
...
1
-
-
Intemperance
2
...
...
...
...
2
-
-
Thrush
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Gout
3
-
-
-
-
1
-
2
Dropsy
-
-
-
-
-
-
...
-
Cancer
15
-
-
-
1
9
5
-
Sarcoma
1
...
...
...
1
-
-
-
Mortification
--
...
...
...
-
-
-
-
Scrofula
9
3
3
2
-
1
-
-
Tabes Mesenterica
4
3
1
2
-
-
-
-
Phthisis (Consumption)
43
1
1
2
26
13
1
-
Hydrocephalus (Water on
Brain)
5
1
4
-
-
-
-
-
Apoplexy
9
...
...
...
2
4
3
-
Paralysis
4
...
...
...
...
2
2
-
Chorea
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Epilepsy
1
...
...
...
...
1
-
-
Convulsions
8
6
2
-
-
-
-
-
Laryngismus Stridulus
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-