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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 1889
[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.
| 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 | 6 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Croup | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 7 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | 5 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Simple Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | -' | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pyaemia .. .. | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Carbuncle | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Diarrhœa | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Cholera (Simple) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera (Asiatic) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Remittent Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rheumatism | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Syphilis (Congenital) | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Disease of Male Organs of generation | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | - |
| „ Female „ „ | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | - |
| Hydrophobia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Glanders | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Privation | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Want of Breast Milk | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Purpura and Scurvy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Delirium Tremens | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | - | - | - |
| Intemperance | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | - | - |
| Thrush | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gout | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dropsy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cancer | 22 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 12 | 7 | - |
| Mortification | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scrofula | 9 | 1 | 6 | .. | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 2 | .. | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Phthisis (Consumption) | 26 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 10 | 1 | - |
| Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Apoplexy | 16 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | - |
| Paralysis | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | - |
| Chorea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Epilepsy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Convulsions | 7 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebral Meningitis | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Disease of Brain | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| Aneurism | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Disease of Heart | 28 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 15 | 2 | - |
| Bronchitis and Asthma | 48 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 1 |
| Disease of Lungs | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 10 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | - | |
| Pleurisy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Disease of Stomach | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| „ ,, Intestines | 16 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| Peritonitis | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | - |
| Hernia | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Impacted Grall Stones | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | - | - |
| Disease of Liver | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| „ „ Spleen and Pancreas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| „ „ Kidney | 16 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | - |
| „ ,, Bladder | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | - |
| „ „ Joints and Bones | 2 | .. | .. | .. | - | - | - | |
| „ „ Spine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ,, ,, Skin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lvmphadenoma | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | - | - | - |
| Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stone in Bladder | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | - | - |
| Premature Birth | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cyanosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Spina Bifida | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Atelectasis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Teething | 8 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Childbirth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Extra Uterine Gæstation | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | - | - | - |
| Sloughing Ulcer of Umbilicus | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nævus of Face | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Old Age | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 |
| Atrophy and Debility | 17 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | - | - | |
| Fractures and Contusions | 19 | .. | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | - |
| Pistol Shot Wound | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Burns and Scalds | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poison | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | - | - | - |
| Suffocation | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | - | - |
| Found Dead, Newly Born | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Drowning | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hanging | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Deaths not classed | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 380 | 71 | 56 | 24 | 72 | 104 | 45 | 8 |