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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1893

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1893

Published
1894
Author
Skegg, John J.
Pages
30
Tables
15

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15 tables in this report

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    The following Table gives the number of Births registered in each month of the year:—
    Males.Females.Total.
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    The following Table shows the number of Deaths registered in each mouth of the year 1893:—
    Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 6
    In the year 1893, there were held 56 inquests. The causes which produced death were as follows:—
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    Brought forward 39
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    TABLE I. BIRTHS, DEATHS, and INQUESTS for the last Ten Years, In St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
    1884188518861887188818891890189118921893
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    TABLE II. TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH at Various Ages In the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, during the Year 1893.
    CAUSES.Total Deaths at all Ages.Under 1 Tear.From 1 Year to 5.From 5 Years to 20.From 20 Years to 40.From 40 Years to 00.From 60 Years to 80.80 Years and upwards.
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    TABLE III. DEATHS in the different localities in ST. MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS during the Year 1893.
    Total Deaths.Deaths from Zymotic Disease.Total Deaths.Deaths from Zymotic Disease.
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    TABLE IV. Showing the localities wherein the 13 deaths occurred from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases during the year 1893 in St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
    Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaWhooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
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    TABLE V. Showing the number of deaths occurring in the Parish from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, excluding those non-residents who died in the Charing Cross Hospital, and including those parishioners who died in public institutions outside the Parish during the years 1883-84-85-86-87-88-89-90-91-92, also the number in 1893.
    DISEASE.1883.1884.1885.1886.1887.1888.1889.1890.1891.1892.Annual Average of 10 Years. 1883 to 1892.1893.
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    TABLE VI. TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH at Various Ages, Of Parishioners of St. Martin-in-the-Fields occurring in Public Institutions outside the Parish during the Year 1893.
    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 80.1 80 years and upwards.
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    TABLE VII. In accordance with the requirements of the Local Government Board. TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1893, In the Sanitary District of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    LOCALITIES.Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages.Mortality from subjoined causes distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    At all Ages.Under 1 Year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 60.60 and upwards.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous cr )up.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Typhus.Enteric orTyphoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(6)(c)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(01.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.2021.22.
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    The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of t.be above records of mortality.
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    TABLE VIII. In accordance with the requirements of the Local Government Board. TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS Coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1893, in the Sanitary District of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
    Localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Casks Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Census 1891.Aged under 5 or over 5.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)b)(c)(d)1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.
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    TABLE IX. NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE. This Table shows the different localities wherein the specified cases of disease occurred during the year 1893, and which were notified to the Medical Officer of Health, in accordance with the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
    Small-pox.Cholera.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Erysipelas.Scarlet Fever.Typhus Fever.Typhoid Fever.Relapsing and Oontin ued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Total.
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    TABLE X. Copied from the Registrar-General's Annual Summary of Births Deaths, and causes of death in London for the year 1893. DIMINUTION or EXCESS of DEATHS in 1893, compared with the Average Annual Deaths in 1883-92.
    Cause of Death.Diminution in 1893.Excess in 1893.