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 St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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TABLE VIII.
TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1698,
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 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 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-field | 114 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 29 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 15 | 24 |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 48 | 90 | ||||||||
Charing cross hospital | 189 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 123 | 13 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | 13 | 27 |
5 upwards | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 99 | 162 | ||||||||
Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Totals | 305 | 33 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 184 | 421 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | .. | 2 | 28 | 51 |
5 upwards | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 16 | 33 | 26 | 17 | 148 | 254 | ||||||||
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 | 77 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 231 | Under 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 8 |
5 upwards | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 69 | ||||||||
Deaths occurring within the Parish among persons not belonging thereto | 194 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 132 | 12 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 15 | 27 |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 104 | 167 |