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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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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In London during the year 1900 the deaths numbered 86,007,
and corresponded to a death-rate of 18.3 per 1,000.
Infantile Mortality.
Of the 198 deaths of parishioners occurring within and without
the Parish, 32 were under 5 years of age, equal to 16.2 per cent. of
the total deaths.
The deaths of Infants under 1 year of age numbered 23, equal
to 11.6 per cent. of the total deaths, and 136.9 to 1,000 registered
births.
In London, the deaths of Infants under 1 year of age were
20,927. These deaths were in proportion of 160 in each 1,000
births.
The following table shows the causes of death of these 23 infants under 1 year of age:—
| Atrophy and Debility | 5 |
| Diseases of Respiratory System | 3 |
| Premature Birth | 5 |
| Teething | 1 |
| Convulsions | 3 |
| Enteritis | 1 |
| Diarrhoea | 3 |
| Whooping-cough | 1 |
| Tubercular Disease | 1 |
| 23 |
Old Age Mortality.
The deaths of parishioners over 60 years of age, occurring
within and out of the Parish, numbered 69.
32 were from 60 to 70 years of age.
28 „ „ 70 „ 80 „ „
8 „ 80 „ 90 „
1 above 90 years of age.
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