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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The following Table gives the number of Deaths
occurring in each month of the year:—
Males.
Females.
Total.
January
27
20
47
February
31
17
48
March
21
23
44
April
20
15
35
May
23
14
37
June
24
12
.36
July
17
22
39
August
25
17
42
September
30
26
.56
October
29
7
36
November
25
16
41
December
22
8
30
294
197
491
Of the above 491 deaths, 160 occurred in the Charing
Cross Hospital, and of this number who died in the
Hospital, 134 were non-residents in St. Martin-in-theFields.
These 134 deaths deducted from the total
leaths will give the death-rate of the Parish.
Deaths, 1880 491
Deduct non-residents who died in the
Hospital 134
357
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