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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1885

[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 Year1885.

TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH,

AT VARIOUS AGES,

In the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields,for the Year1885.

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--------
Measles918-----
Scarlet Fever1...1-----
Diphtheria3...21----
Croup1...1-----
Whooping Cough7241----
Typhus Fever--------
Typhoid Fever4......22---
Simple Continued Feve_--------
Erysipelas421......1--
Pyaemia2......11--
Puerperal Fever1.........1---
Carbuncle--------
Influenza--------
Dysentery--------
Diarrhoea642-----
Cholera (Simple)--------
Cholera (Asiatic)--—-----
Ague--------
Remittent Fever--------
Rheumatism2.........2---
Syphilis54.......1---
Diseases of Male Organs of generation--------
Diseases of Female Organs of generation--------
Hydrophobia--------
Glanders--------
Privation--------
Want of Breast Milk--------
Purpura and Scurvy11------
Delirium Tremens1.........1---
Intemperance----
Thrush--------
Gout2............11-
Dropsy1............1--
Cancer22.........2119-
Sarcoma--------
Lymphadenoma--------
Mortification--------
Scrofula3...111--
Tabes MesenteriCa11------
Phthisis (Consumption')51......324204-
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain)1...1-----
Tubercular Meningitis7151—---
Apoplexy13...•••166,
Paralysis5......1121
Chorea--------
Epilepsy--------
Convulsions1091--\---