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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 1875
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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Whooping Cough was fatal to 13. This is 3 more
than in the preceding year.
Diphtheria.—Two deaths were due to this disease.
Fever.—This includes Typhus, Typhoid, Simple
Continued Fever, and Remittent Fever. Seven deaths
were registered from this class of disease. Two were
due to Typhus Fever, 4 to Typhoid Fever, and 1 to
Simple Continued Fever.
Diarrihea.— Nineteen deaths occurred from this
malady.
Diseases of the Respiratory Organs.—Diseases
of the Respiratory Organs, including Consumption,
destroyed 183. This is 34 in excess of the previous
year.
Disease op Heart.—Forty-one deaths were registered
from this complaint.
Cancer proved fatal to 15 persons.
The deaths from all other causes, with the ages at
death, will be found fully detailed at the end of my
Report.
Births.
The Births registered in the year 1875 were 476, that is 4 less than in the previous year.
| Births, 1875. | ||
| Males | 246 | 476 |
| Females | 230 | |
| Births, 1874. | ||
| Males | 234 | 480 |
| Females | 246 | |