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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 1884

[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 Year 1884.

TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH,

AT VARIOUS AGES,

In the Parish of St. Martin-in-the- Fields, for the Year 1884.

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 60Yrs. to 80.80 Yrs. and upwards.
Small-pox--------
Measles826-----
Scarlet Fever11------
Diphtheria413-----
Croup3...21----
Whooping Cough1394-----
Typhus Fever--------
Typhoid Fever7.........61--
Simple Continued Fever--------
Erysipelas5............23_
Pyaemia4.........31--
Puerperal Fever--------
Carbuncle1............1--
Influenza--------
Dysentery1...............1-
Diarrhoea1494......1--
Cholera (Simple)--------
Cholera (Asiatic)--------
Ague1.........1---
Remittent Fever--------
Rheumatism3......111--
Syphilis11------
Diseases of Male Organs of generation2............11-
Diseases of Female Organs of generation1............1--
Hydrophobia--------
Glanders--------
Privation--------
Want of Breast Milk11------
Purpura and Scurvy--------
Delirium Tremens1.........1---
Intemperance4.........112-
Thrush--------
Gout1............1--
Dropsy2............2--
Cancer18.........1125-
Sarcoma2............2-
Lymphadenoma1...1_--
Mortification1...............1-
Scrofula14...6431--
Tabes Mesenterica11------
Phthisis (Consumption46......426142-
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain)1...1............—
Tubercular Meningitis2...11----
Apoplexy16............961
Paralysis2............11-
Chorea--------
Epilepsy2.........1...1-
Convulsions13121-----