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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 1884

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]

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Table: TABLEShowing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases in the ten years,1874to1883,and in the year1884.

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Showing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases in the ten years,1874to1883,and in the year1884.

DISEASE.1874187518761877187818791880188118821883Annual average of 10 years, 1874-1883.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 deaths in 10 years, 1874-1883.1884Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 deaths in 1884.
Small-pox......1............1......0.20.4......
Measles825535577277.415.4817.0
Scarlet Fever14134...5141212358.217.112.1
Diphtheria12......18471454.28.748.5
Whooping Cough1013115121220713210.521.91327.7
Fever974877516567.415.4714.9
Diarrhœa1119188127171071112.025.01430.0
Total5356432640536360495649.9103.947100.2

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*These 10 deaths which occurred in the Charing Cross Hospital were those of
non-parishioners.