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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 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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The following Table gives the number of deaths registered iu each month of the year:—
| Males. | Females. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| February | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| March | 19 | 12 | 31 |
| April | 14 | 8 | 22 |
| May | 15 | 7 | 22 |
| June | 22 | 4 | 26 |
| July | 20 | 9 | 29 |
| August | 17 | 19 | 36 |
| September | 16 | 10 | 26 |
| October | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| November | 28 | 11 | 39 |
| December | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| 192 | 113 | 305 |
These 305 deaths include those non-parishioners who died iu
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 of the Parish for the year 1898 is 14.4 per 1,000.
In London, the deaths in the year 1898 numbered 83,936, and
corresponded to a rate of 18.7 per 1,000 of the population, the
average death-rate in the previous ten years having been 19.7.
Infantile Mortality.
Of the 188 deaths of parishioners occurring within and outside
the Parish, 32 were under 5 years of age, equal to 17 0 per cent, of
the total deaths.
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