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 the year 1896
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TABLE VII.
TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1696,
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 Tear. | 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. | Diarrhœa and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Influenza. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total | ||||||
Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e | (f) | (g | (h) | (i) | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11 | 12. | 13. | 14. | 15. | 16. | 17. | 18. | 19. | 20 | 21. | 22. |
St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 158 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 71 | 30 | Under 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | 8 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 24 | 45 |
5 upwards | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 18 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 35 | 113 | |||||||||
Charing Cross Hospital | 182 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 110 | 17 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | . . | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 14 | 25 |
5 upwards | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | . . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 13 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 87 | 157 | ||||||||
Totals | 340 | 41 | 29 | 13 | 29 | 181 | 47 | Under 5 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 6 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | .. | 1 | 38 | 70 |
5 upwards | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 10 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 31 | 39 | 37 | 20 | 122 | 270 | ||||||||
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 thereto | 64 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 25 | Under 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 |
5 upwards | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 57 | ||||||||
Deaths occurring within the Parish among persons not belonging thereto | 192 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 116 | 221 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | 14 | 25 |
5 upwards | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 11 | 14 | 24 | 16 | 91 | 167 |