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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 1874

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]

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Whooping Cough was fatal to 10. This was 5 less
than the previous year.
Diphtheria.—Only 1 death was registered from
this disease.
Fever.—This includes Typhus, Typhoid, Simple Continued
Fever, and Remittent Fever. 9 deaths were
registered from this class of disease, all of which were
due to Typhoid Fever.
Diarrhcea.— Eleven deaths occurred from this
malady, all in children under 5 years of age.
Simple or English Cholera was fatal to 2 infants.
Diseases of the Respiratory Organs.—Diseases
of the Respiratory Organs, including consumption,
destroyed 149.
Disease of Heart.—Thirty-five deaths were registered
from this complaint.
Cancer proved fatal to 18 persons.
The deaths from all other causes, with the ages at
death, will be found fully detailed at the end of my
Report.