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 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 |
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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 |