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 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 8 | 2 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Croup | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 13 | 9 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 1 | - | - |
| Simple Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | _ |
| Pyaemia | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| Puerperal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Carbuncle | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | - | - |
| Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | - |
| Diarrhoea | 14 | 9 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | - | - |
| Cholera (Simple) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera (Asiatic) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ague | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | - | - | - |
| Remittent Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rheumatism | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Syphilis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diseases of Male Organs of generation | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | - |
| Diseases of Female Organs of generation | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | - | - |
| Hydrophobia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Glanders | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Privation | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Want of Breast Milk | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Purpura and Scurvy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Delirium Tremens | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | - | - | - |
| Intemperance | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Thrush | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gout | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | - | - |
| Dropsy | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | - | - |
| Cancer | 18 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 12 | 5 | - |
| Sarcoma | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | - | |
| Lymphadenoma | 1 | ... | 1 | _ | - | - | ||
| Mortification | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | - |
| Scrofula | 14 | ... | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Phthisis (Consumption | 46 | ... | ... | 4 | 26 | 14 | 2 | - |
| Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain) | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | — |
| Tubercular Meningitis | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Apoplexy | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| Paralysis | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | - |
| Chorea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Epilepsy | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | - |
| Convulsions | 13 | 12 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |