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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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Inquests.
In the year 1875, there were held 57 inquests.
Subjoined are the causes which produced death:—
Natural causes 25
Drowning 4
Suffocation 4
Run over or knocked down in the street 7
Burns and Scalds 3
Hydrophobia 1
Injuries received from falling down stairs 5
Pistol shot wound 2
Injuries received from fall out of window
at the Charing Cross Hotel 1
Injuries received at the Charing Cross
Railway Station 1
Intemperance 1
Wounds 1
Cause not specified 2
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The following tables will show the number of deaths occurring in the parish for the years 1875 and 1874, with the annual death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated population:—
| Deaths, 1875 | 503 | Deaths, 1874 | 511 |
| Deduct non-residents who died in the Charing Cross Hospital | 115 | Deduct non-residents who died in the Charing Cross Hospital | 117 |
| 388 | 394 | ||
| Death-rate per 1,000, | 18.3 | Death-rate per 1,000, | 18.6 |
| Ratio of Deaths to population1 in | 54.5 | Ratio of Deaths to population 1 in | 536 |