London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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| Fracture of skull, newly born baby— Verdict wilful murder | 1 |
| Injuries received from the fall of a house in the Hay market | 1 |
| Hanging (Suicide) | 2 |
| Suffocation (accidentally, when in bed with Parents) | 3 |
| Injuries received from falling in the street | 2 |
| Poisoning with muriatic acid (Suicide) | 1 |
| Cause not ascertained | 1 |
| Injuries received from falling down stairs | 2 |
| Haemorrhage from navel string of a newly born infant | 1 |
| Fall from a horse | 1 |
| Suffocation, accidental, a stableman was found dead at foot of loft stairs with a sack of corn across his back, at 12, Wilson Street | 1 |
| Fall from scaffolding | 2 |
| Chloroform, when about to undergo an operation | 1 |
| Drowning (No evidence to show how deceased came into the water 4 | 7 |
| Drowning (Suicide) 2 | |
| Drowning (Accidental.) Seized with faintness from heart disease, whilst taking a bath at St. Martin's Baths 1 | |
| 65 |