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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 1885
[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
14
14
28
February
7
15
22
March
15
22
37
April
19
10
29
May
13
13
26
June
15
11
26
July
14
15
29
August
14
9
23
September
13
28
41
October
16
14
30
November
16
11
27
December
24
8
32
180
170
350
The birth-rate of the parish for the year 1885
was 19.3 per 1,000 of the population.
The birth-rate for the whole of London in the year
1885 was 32.6 per 1,000.
Deaths.
In the year 1885 there were registered 426 Deaths,
of which 250 were males, and 176 females; this
number was 43 more than in the previous year.