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
TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH,
AT VARIOUS AGES,
| 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 | ... | ... | 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 | ... | ... | ... | - | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | \- | - | - |