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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 1877
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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Deaths.
The Deaths registered in the year 1877 amounted to
466, being 28 less than in the previous year.
The following Table gives the number of Births occurring; in each month:—
| Males. | Females. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26 | 21 | 47 |
| February | 24 | 18 | |
| March | 30 | 17 | 47 |
| April | 21 | 26 | 47 |
| May | 25 | 29 | 54 |
| June | 15 | 17 | 32 |
| July | 15 | 14 | 29 |
| August | 26 | 23 | 49 |
| September | 16 | 18 | 34 |
| October | 20 | 24 | 44 |
| November | 17 | 12 | 29 |
| December | 19 | 18 | 37 |
| 254 | 237 | 491 |
Of the above 466 deaths, 153 oceurred in the Charing
Cross Hospital; of this latter number, 109 were nonresidents
in St. Martin-in-the-Fields. This circumstance
will therefore give the true death-rate of the
Parish.
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