London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Martin-in-the-Fields 1899
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1899
This page requires JavaScript
The following Table gives the number of deaths registered in each month of the year:—
| Males. | Females. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14 | 6 | 20 |
| February | 13 | 10 | 23 |
| March | 17 | 18 | 35 |
| April | 18 | 7 | 25 |
| May | 26 | 12 | 38 |
| June | 18 | 8 | 26 |
| July | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| August | 20 | 16 | 36 |
| September | 15 | 18 | 33 |
| October | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| November | 24 | 16 | 40 |
| December | 21 | 14 | 35 |
| 210 | 148 | 358 |
These 358 deaths include those non-parishioners who died in
the Charing Cross Hospital, and must therefore be omitted in
estimating the death-rate; but, on the other hand, the deaths
occurring in Public Institutions outside the Parish of persons
belonging thereto must be added. The death-rate for the year 1899
will therefore be 14.1 per 1,000 of the population.
In London, the deaths in the year 1899 numbered 89,689, and
corresponded to a rate of 19.8 per 1,000 of the population, the
average death-rate in the ten previous years having been 19.6.
Infantile Mortality.
Of the 185 deaths of parishioners occurring within and outside
the Parish, 33 were under 5 years of age, equal to 17.8 per cent. of
the total deaths.
A 2