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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 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,Of Parishioners of St. Martin-in-the-Fields occurring in Public Institutions outside the Parish during the year1885.

TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH,

AT VARIOUS AGES,

Of Parishioners of St. Martin-in-the-Fields occurring in Public Institutions outside the Parish during the year1885.

CAUSES.Total Deaths at all Ages.Under 1 Year.From 1 Year to 5.From 5 Yrs. to 20.From 20Yrs. to 40.From 40Yrs. to 60.From 60 Yrs. to 80.80 Yrs. and upwards.
Small-pox4......1111-
Measles1......-----
Diphtheria2...l......1--
Erysipelas2.........1...1-
Diarrhoea1...............1-
Rheumatic Fever1.........1---
Intemperance1............1--
Cancer6.........141-
Scrofula211-----
Phthisis (Consumption)10.........55--
Tubercular Meningitis11------
Apoplexy3............21-
Disease of Brain1.........1---
Disease of Heart5......1211-
Bronchitis7.........124-
Pneumonia3.........21--
Pleurisy1............1--
Stricture of (Esophagus1...............1-
Peritonitis1.........1---
Disease of Kidney2.........11--
Disease of Joints and Bones1......1----
Congenital Malformation1l------
Childbirth1.........1---
Old Age3...............12
Fractures and Contusions2......1...1--
Burns and Scalds1......1----
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