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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1893

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1893

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Table: The following Table shows the number of Deaths registered in each mouth of the year 1893:—

The following Table shows the number of Deaths registered in each mouth of the year 1893:—

Males.Females.Total.
January192140
February151227
March231134
April191029
May151833
June17623
July171128
August28836
September14721
October22830
November181230
December211536
228139367

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These 367 Deaths include those non-parishioners who died in
the Charing Cross Hospital, and therefore must be omitted in
estimating the death-rate, but, on the other hand, the deaths
occurring outside the Parish among persons belonging thereto
must be added. On referring to Table 7, it will at once make clear
what I have just stated.
In calculating the Death-rate, I do so in two forms, the first in
which are excluded the deaths of parishioners occurring in the
Edmonton Workhouse and St. Martin's Almshouses, whom I consider
have practically ceased to be parishioners, owing to the circumstance
of many of them having been resident there many years
prior to their death, and in the second form I have included them.
Death-rate of St. Martin-in-the-Fields for the
year 1893, excluding the 29 deaths which
occurred in the Edmonton Workhouse and 2
in St. Martin's Almhouses
16.6 per 1,000 of
the estimated
population.
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