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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St Martin-in-the-Fields 1883

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

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Table: TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH,AT VARIOUS AGES,In the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, for the Year1883.

TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH,

AT VARIOUS AGES,

In the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, for the Year1883.

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--------
Measles277164----
Scarlet Fever5...32----
Diphtheria5...4-]---
Croup514-----
Whooping Cough2...2-----
Typhus Fever--------
Typhoid Fever6......141--
Simple Continued Fever--------
Erysipelas3-1--1-1
Puerperal Fever--------
Carbuncle--------
Influenza--------
Dysentery--------
Diarrhœa1181-1-1-
Cholera (Simple)--------
Cholera (Asiatic)--------
Ague--------
Remittent Fever--------
Pyaemia2.........1...1-
Rheumatism1......1----
Syphilis321-----
Diseases of Male Organs of generation5.........3...2-
Diseases of Female Organs of generation3.........21--
Hydrophobia--------
Glanders--------
Privation11------
Want of Breast Milk--------
Purpura and Scurvy--------
Delirium Tremens1............1--
Intemperance2............2--
Thrush--------
Gout3----1-2
Dropsy------...-
Cancer15---195-
Sarcoma1.........1---
Mortification--.........----
Scrofula9332-1--
Tabes Mesenterica4312----
Phthisis (Consumption)4311226131-
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain)514-----
Apoplexy9.........243-
Paralysis4............22-
Chorea--------
Epilepsy1............1--
Convulsions862-----
Laryngismus Stridulus--------