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.
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 1895, 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 Health. | Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Census 1891. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas.. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | |||||||||||
Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid | Continued. | Kelapsing. | 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. |
St. Martin-in-the-Fieids | 14,574 | 189 | Under 5 | .. | 8 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
5 upwards | 3 | 29 | 11 | .. | .. | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | 17 | 9 | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
Charing Cross Hospital | Under 5 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||||||||||
5 upwards | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital .. | Under 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
5 upwards | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Totals | Under 5 | .. | 11 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
5 upwards | 3 | 31 | 11 | .. | .. | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | 19 | 9 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |