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1882
*1883
1884
1885
1886
17.0
19.0
19.7
19.3
18.2
Ages at Death.
The ages of the total 425 deaths occurring in the Parish were as
follows:—
73 were under 1 year.
46 from 1 to 5 years.
34 „ 5 „ 20 „
84 „ 20 „ 40 „
97 „ 40 „ 60 „
85 ,, 60 „ 80 „
6 above 80 years.
Causes of Death.
Zymotic Diseases.—The seven principal Zymotic Diseases are
Small.pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough,
Fever, and Diarrhoea. In computing the number of deaths from
this class of malady, I have this year adopted a different method.
In former years I included all those deaths which occurred in the
Charing Cross Hospital to compensate for those deaths of parishioners
who died in public institutions outside the parish, and of
which. I was ignorant, until within the last four years, when I have
been supplied with quarterly returns of such deaths from the office
of the Registrar.General. The revised table No. 5, at the latter
part of my Report, will demonstrate my plan, and the number and
classification of this class of disease. It will be seen on referring
to this table, that in the four years 1883,1884,1885 and 1886, there
has been a steady decline in the mortality, with the exception of a
rise of 4 in 1886, over that of 1885. Of course all diseases have a
tendency to fluctuate from year to year, but at the same time
St. Martin.in.the.Fields will compare favourably with other districts.
* This is the first year returns have been supplied to me from the Registrar.
General's Office of deaths of parishioners occurring in Public Institutions
outside the Parish, which deaths have been added to the death.rate.—J. J. S.