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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1871
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT,
1871.
Annual Report on the Health the Parish of St. Martin-in-theFields,for
the Year 1871.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour of submitting to you my
second Annual Report of the sanitary condition of the
Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. The census was
taken on the night of Palm Sunday, 2nd April, 1871,
and the result, so far as our Parish is concerned, shows
the population to be 21,157. The previous census,
(1861) the population was 22,689. From the foregoing
figures, it will be seen that the population of the Parish
has decreased 1,532.
The Births during the year 1871 show a decrease
over the year 1870 of 33.
Births.
1871.
Males 287
Females 272
559
1870.
Males 276
Females 316
592
The Deaths in the year 1871 were 526; this is a
diminution of 94 over the previous year. The following
table demonstrates the deaths for 1871 and 1870,
c
Works chargeable upon the "Sewers' Rate."
public urinals.
| Supply of water and rent of meters | 9 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Laying on supplies | 35 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sundry plumbers' and smiths' work | 10 | 14 | 9 | |||
| Repairs to Hushing hose | 5 | 19 | 3 | |||
| Labor cleansing urinals and channels | 57 | 15 | 5 | |||
| 119 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Carried forward | £119 | 0 | 5 | |||