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 I.
TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1900,
LOCALITIES | Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages. | Mortality from subjoined causes distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | Under 1 Year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera, | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever | Influenza. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | ||||||
Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1. | 2. | 3. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. | 13. | 14. | 15. | 16. | 17. | 18. | 19. | 20. | 21. | 22. | ||||||||||
St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 118 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 60 | 27 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 15 | 26 | ||
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 8 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 38 | 92 | ||||||||
Charing Cross Hospital | 187 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 109 | 10 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | 3 | 24 | 38 |
5 upwards | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 87 | 149 | ||||||||
Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
Totals | 307 | 39 | 25 | 14 | 21 | 169 | 39 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 12 | .. | 5 | 39 | 64 |
5 upwards | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 19 | 32 | 25 | 22 | 127 | 243 | ||||||||
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deaths occurring outside the Parish among persons belonging there to | 91 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 31 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 6 |
5 upwards | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 85 | ||||||||
Deaths occurring within the Parish among persons not belonging there to | 200 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 20 | 115 | 15 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | 4 | 24 | 38 |
5 upwards | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 94 | 162 |