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TABLE II.
TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH at Various Ages,
In the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, for the Year 1888.
CAUSES.
Total
Deaths at
all Ages.
Under
1
Year.
From
1 Year
to 5.
From
5 Years
to 20.
From
20 Years
to 40.
From
40 Years
to 60.
From
60 Years
to 80.
80 Years
and
upwards
Small-pox
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Measles
9
1
7
1
—
—
—
—
Scarlet Fever
1
-
1
—
—
—
— .
—
Diphtheria
3
1
1
1
—
—
—
—
Croup
3
-
2
1
—
—
—
—
Whooping Cough
4
1
3
—
—
—
—
Typhus Fever
1
1
—
Typhoid Fever
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Simple Continued Fever
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Erysipelas
1
1
—
. —
—
Puerperal Fever
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Carbuncle
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Influenza
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Dysentery
1
1
—
—
—
Diarrhoea
5
5
—
—
—
—
—
—
Cholera (Simple)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Cholera (Asiatic)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Ague
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Remittent Fever
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Rheumatism
2
1
1
—
Syphilis
2
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
Disease of Male Organs of generation
4
1
3
—
—
„ Female „
4
1
3
—
—
Hydrophobia
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Glanders
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Privation
—
—-
—
—
—
—
—
—
Want of Breast Milk
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Purpura and Scurvy
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Delirium Tremens
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Intemperance
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Thrush
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Gout
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Sarcoma
1
1
—
—
—
—
Dropsy
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Cancer
28
4
18
6
—
Mortification
1
1
—
—
Scrofula
3
1
1
1
—
—
Tubes Mesenterica
1
1
—
—
—
—
Phthisis (Consumption)
31
4
19
6
2
—
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain)
1
1
—
—
—
Apoplexy
17
3
7
4
3
Paralysis
3
1
2
—
Chorea
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Epilepsy
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Convulsions
11
9
1
1
—
—
—
—
Cerebral Meningitis
10
4
3
3
—
—
—
—
Disease of Brain
5
1
2
1
1
—
—
Aneurism
5
3
2
—
Disease of Heart
38
1
13
17
6
1
Bronchitis and Asthma
49
11
7
1
1
13
16
—
Disease of Lungs
3
3
—
—
Pneumonia
19
2
3
2
4
7
1
—
Pleurisy
6
3
2
1
—
Laryngitis
1
—
—
—
—
Disease of Stomach
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
„ ,, Intestines
7
1
2
1
3
—
—
—
Peritonitis
1
1
—
Hernia
4
1
3
—
Impacted Gall Stones
1
1
—
Disease of Liver
13
1
2
7
3
—
„ „ Spleen and Pancreas
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
„ „ Kidney
24
1
2
5
13
3
—
„ „ Bladder
2
1
1
—
„ „ Joints and Bones
2
2
—
Spine
4
i
1
2
—
—
Skin
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
Lencocythemia
1
l
—
—
—
—
—
Diabetes
1
1
—
—
—
Premature Birth
2
2
—
—
—
—
Cyanosis
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Spina Bifida
—
—
—
—
—
—
Teething
3
1
2
—
—
—
—
—
Childbirth
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
v
Old Age
8
3
5
Atrophy and Debility
14
8
3
1
1
1
Fractures and Contusions
23
2
1
9
4
7
—
Pistol Shot Wound
1
1
—
Burns and Scalds
5
3
1
1
Poison
2
2
—
—
Suffocation
3
3
—
—
—
—
—
—
Drowning
3
2
1
—
—
Hanging
1
1
—
—
399
55
45
23
80
122
64
10