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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1899

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1899

Published
1899
Author
Skegg, John J.
Pages
32
Tables
15

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15 tables in this report

  • Page 2
    The following Table gives the number of Births registered in each month of the year:—
    Males.Female.Total.
  • Page 3
    The following Table gives the number of deaths registered in each month of the year:—
    Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 4
    The following Table shows the causes of death of these 27 infants under 1 year of age:—
  • Page 6
    The causes which produced death were as follows:—
  • Page 16
    TABLE I. BIRTHS, DEATHS, and INQUESTS for the last Ten Years, In St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
    1890189118921893189418951896189718981899
  • Page 17
    TABLE II. TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH at Various Ages In the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, during the Year 1899
    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 Yean to 60.From 60 Years to 80.80 Years and upwards
  • Page 19
    TABLE III. DEATHS in the different localities in ST. MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS during the Year 1899.
    Total Deaths.Deaths from Zymotic Disease.Total Deaths.Deaths from Zymotic Disease.
  • Page 20
    TABLE IV. Showing the localities wherein the 30 deaths occurred from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases during the year 1899 in St. Martin-in -the-Fields.
    Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet FeverDiphtheriaWhooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
  • Page 21
    TABLE V. Showing the number of deaths occurring in the Parish from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases t 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 1889-90-91-92-93-94-95-96-97-98, also the number in 1899.
    DISEASE.1889.1890.1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.Annual Average of 10 Years. 1889 to 1898.1899.
  • Page 22
    TABLE VI. Death-Rates from the Principal Zymotic Diseases per 1,000 persons living in 1899 in St. Martin-in-the-Fields and London.
    Diseases.St. Martin-in-the-Fields.London.
  • Page 23
    TABLE VII. NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE. This Table shows the different localities wherein the specified cases of disease occurred during the year 1899, 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 & Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Total.
  • Page 25
    TABLE VIII. In accordance with the requirements of the Local Government Board. TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1899, 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 65.65 and upwards.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic FeverInfluenza.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)1.2.3.4.5.6.78.910.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.21.22.
  • Page 26
    TABLE ix. 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 1899, in the Sanitary District of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
    Localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of HealthNumber of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.ErysipelasSmallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    Census 1896.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or TyphoidContinued.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.
  • Page 27
    TABLE X. 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 1899.
    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 80.80 years and upwards.
  • Page 28
    TABLE XI. Copied from the Registrar-General's Annual Summary of Births, Deaths, and Causes of Death in London for the year 1899. DIMINUTION OR EXCESS OF DEATHS in 1899, Compared with the Average Annual Deaths in 1889-98.
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Diminution in 1899.Excess in 1899.