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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 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]

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Table: TABLE 11.TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH at Various AgesIn the Parish of St.Martin-in-the-Fields, during the Year1891.

TABLE 11.

TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH at Various Ages

In the Parish of St.Martin-in-the-Fields, during the Year1891.

CAUSES.Total Deaths at all Ages.Under 1 Year.From 1 Year to 5.Prom 5 Years to 20.Prom 20 Years to 40.Prom 40 Years to 00.Prom 60 Years to 80.80 Years and upwards.
Small-pox--------
Measles725-----
Scarlet Fever--------
Diphtheria12273----
Croup--------
Whooping Cough826-----
Typhus Feverl......1---
Typhoid1......1---
Simple Continued Fever1......1---
Varicella--------
Erysipelas21......1-—
Pyæmia21..1----
Puerperal Fever--------
Carbuncle--------
Influenza11..11225-
Dysentery--------
Diarrhœa44------
Cholera (Simple)--------
Cholera (Asiatic) .--------
Ague--------
Remittent Fever--------
Rheumatism, Acute2....1..1--
Syphilis, Hereditary77------
Disease of Male Organs of Generation3......12--
,, Female „ „--------
Hydrophobia--—----—
Glanders--------
Privation1..........1-
Want of Breast Milk--------
Purpura and Scurvy1..1-----
Delirium Tremens2......11-—
Intemperance1......1---
Gout1..........1-
Dropsy1........1--
Cancer18......675-
Sarcoma-----—--
Lymphadenoma1........1--
Mortification-—--..---
Scrofula122442---
Tabes Mesenterica--------
Phthisis (Consumption)41..2317154-
Leucocythemia1..........1-
Hydrocephalus1..1-----
Apoplexy9....162-
Paralysis6......1..41
Chorea--------
Epilepsy1......1---
Convulsions22------
Disease of Brain8..1..232-
Cerebral Meningitis101432---
Aneurism6......33--
Disease of Heart37....515111
Bronchitis631810..314162
Disease of Lungs51....211-
Pneumonia3152110103-
Pleurisy1........1—-
Laryngitis-------
Disease of Stomach3......2..1-
„ ,, Intestines3......111-
Peritonitis6..123--
Hernia3..l......2-
Disease of Liver61......41-
u „ Spleen and Pancreas--------
„ „ Kidney15..11472-
,, ,, Bladder--------
„ „ Joints and Bones21....1---
,, ,, Spine2....2----
„ Skin--------
Diabetes1........1--
Premature Birth66------
Congenital Malformation11------
Atelectasis11------
Goitre1......1---
Tumour of Neck1..........1-
Teething--------
Childbirth3......21--
Old Age6..........15
Atrophy and Debility1211......1--
Injuries16..l1572-
Burns and Scalds31l....1-
Poison--------
Chloroform1......1---
Suffocation22------
Drowning41....3---
Hanging--------
Pistol Shot Wound1........1
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