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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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SURVEYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Vestry Hall,
June, 1889.
TO THE VESTRY OF ST. MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS.
Gentlemen,
I beg to present my Twenty-fourth Annual Report upon
the Works executed in this Department during the year ended 25th
March. 1889.
TABLE VI.
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 years to 20. | From 20 years to 40. | From 40 years to 60. | From 60 years to 80. | Above 80 years. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Scarlet Fever | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | ||||
| Pycemia | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| Rheumatism | 1 | 1 | — | |||||
| Syphilis | 1 | 1 | — | |||||
| Disease of Male Organ of Generation | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| Cancer | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | ||||
| Scrofula | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Phthisis (Consumption) | 12 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | — | ||
| Paralysis | 3 | 3 | — | |||||
| Disease of Brain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | |||
| Disease of Spinal Cord | 1 | 1 | ___ | — | ||||
| Disease of Heart | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| Bronchitis | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | — | ||
| Pneumonia | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | ||
| Pleurisy | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | ||||
| Peritonitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Disease of Liver | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | ||||
| Kidney | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | ||||
| Spine | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Skin | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Tumour | 1 | 1 | — | |||||
| Old Age | 13 | 1 | 12 | |||||
| Atrophy and Debility | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Burns and Scalds | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | |||
| 93 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 24 | 13 |