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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1896

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1896

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Table: TABLE IV.Showing the localities wherein the36deaths occurred from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases during the year1896in St. Martin-in-the-Fields.

TABLE IV.

Showing the localities wherein the36deaths occurred from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases during the year1896in St. Martin-in-the-Fields.

Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet FeverDiphtheriaWhooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
Bedfordbury........l....1
Castle Street..1..........l
Chapel Place, Long Acre..1..........1
Charing Cross Hospital......*3†2‡8§114
Cockspur Street..........1..1
Cranbourn Street..........i..1
Drury Lane........1....1
Langley Court....1........1
Long Acre............11
Mercer Chambers, Neal Street........11..2
Mercer Street..1........12
Monmouth Court............11
Northumberland Avenue..........1..1
St. Martin's Court....1........1
Strand Buildings..2..........2
Turner's Court..1..........1
Whitcomb Street........1....1
White Hart Street..3... .......3
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* These three deaths from Diphtheria, occurring in the Charing Cross Hospital, were those of
non-parishioners.
† One of these deaths from Whooping Cough, occurring in the Charing Cross Hospital, was
that of a non-parishioner.
‡ Seven of these deaths from Fever, occurring in the Charing Cross Hospital, were those
of non-parishioners.
§ This death from Diarrhoea, occurring in the Charing Cross Hospital was that of a
non-parishioner.