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 1885.
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
60 Yrs.
to 80.
80 Yrs.
and upwards.
Small-pox
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Measles
9
1
8
-
-
-
-
-
Scarlet Fever
1
...
1
-
-
-
-
-
Diphtheria
3
...
2
1
-
-
-
-
Croup
1
...
1
-
-
-
-
-
Whooping Cough
7
2
4
1
-
-
-
-
Typhus Fever
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Typhoid Fever
4
...
...
2
2
-
-
-
Simple Continued Feve
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Erysipelas
4
2
1
...
...
1
-
-
Pyaemia
2
...
...
1
1
-
-
Puerperal Fever
1
...
...
...
1
-
-
-
Carbuncle
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Influenza
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dysentery
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Diarrhoea
6
4
2
-
-
-
-
-
Cholera (Simple)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cholera (Asiatic)
-
-
—
-
-
-
-
-
Ague
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Remittent Fever
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Rheumatism
2
...
...
...
2
-
-
-
Syphilis
5
4
....
...
1
-
-
-
Diseases of Male Organs
of generation
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Diseases of Female Organs
of generation
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hydrophobia
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Glanders
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Privation
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Want of Breast Milk
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Purpura and Scurvy
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
Delirium Tremens
1
...
...
...
1
-
-
-
Intemperance
-
-
-
-
Thrush
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Gout
2
...
...
...
...
1
1
-
Dropsy
1
...
...
...
...
1
-
-
Cancer
22
...
...
...
2
11
9
-
Sarcoma
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Lymphadenoma
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Mortification
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Scrofula
3
...
1
1
1
-
-
Tabes MesenteriCa
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
Phthisis (Consumption')
51
...
...
3
24
20
4
-
Hydrocephalus (Water on
Brain)
1
...
1
-
-
-
-
-
Tubercular Meningitis
7
1
5
1
—
-
-
-
Apoplexy
13
...
•••
1
6
6
,
Paralysis
5
...
...
1
1
2
1
Chorea
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Epilepsy
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Convulsions
10
9
1
-
-
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-
-
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