Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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BIRTHS and DEATHS, &c., for the last Ten Years.
1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | |
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Births | 576 | 592 | 559 | 496 | 532 | 480 | 476 | 494 | 491 | 467 |
Deaths | 594 | 620 | 526 | 504 | 545 | 511 | 503 | 418 | 466 | 519 |
,, under 5 years | 185 | 205 | 184 | 158 | 160 | 160 | 152 | 152 | 133 | 177 |
,, from 5 to 60 | 270 | 141 | 260 | 273 | 297 | 258 | 260 | 191 | 247 | 256 |
,, over 60 years | 139 | 274 | 82 | 73 | 88 | 93 | 91 | 75 | 86 | 86 |
,, from Smallpox | 0 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
,, ,, Measles | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
,) ,, Scarlet Fever | 16 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
„ ,, Whooping Cough | 16 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 12 |
„ ,, Diarrhoea | 17 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 12 |
„ ,, Fever | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
,, „ Consumption | 67 | 80 | 69 | 75 | 77 | 64 | 73 | 51 | 76 | 70 |
„ in Charing Cross Hospital | 123 | 122 | 150 | 139 | 150 | 157 | 150 | 78 | 153 | 186 |
Inquests | .. | .. | 45 | 65 | 73 | 60 | 57 | 54 | 63 | 65 |