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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 1880
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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The following Table gives the number of Births
occurring in each month of the year:—
Males.
Females.
Total.
January
17
20
37
February
21
14
35
March
20
26
46
April
16
14
30
May
25
11
36
June
22
26
48
July
16
16
32
August
18
20
38
September
29
23
52
October
14
11
25
November
14
14
28
December
24
14
38
236
209
445
Deaths.
The Deaths registered in the year 1880 amounted to
491. This number is 66 less than in the previous year.
1 attribute this decrease in the mortality to the displacement
of inhabitants by the demolition of houses in
Bedfordbury, and other parts of the Parish.