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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Injuries received by coming in contact with a
train at the Metropolitan District Railway
Station, Charing Cross 1
Injuries received when at work on line by
passing train near Charing Cross Station,
S.E.R 1
Injuries received from fall on pavement 1
„ „ in fighting 1
from being crushed between a
van and a wall 1
Injuries received to head from fall of a ceiling 1
„ „ when at work in a well at the
Savoy Mansions 1
Injuries received from falling from a window 2
„ „ „ „ „ a brewer's dray 1
„ „ ,, „ „ from roof of house 1
Fractured ribs and other injuries, no evidence
how caused 1
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Mortuary Chapel.
This most useful building, situated in Drury Lane, I have
ascertained from the keeper, has had, during the last fourteen years,
373 bodies deposited in it during the interval between death and
burial.
The Sale of Food and Drugs Act.
Under the above Act, 26 different articles of food were submitted
to analysis, as follows:-
Article. Result.
1 sample of beer genuine
7 Samples of milk 2 samples adulterated
6 ,, ,, butter genuine
3 ,, ,, bread
3 ,, ,, tea
3 ,, ,, coffee
3 ,, ,,mustard 1 sample adulterated
Appended is the annual death-rate per 1,000 in the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, during the last ten years:—
1879 | 18.6 |
1880 | 16.8 |
1881 | 18.5 |
1882 | 17.6 |
*1883 | 19.0 |
1884 | 19.7 |
1885 | 19.3 |
1886 | 18.2 |
1887 | 18.1 |
1888 | 17.3 |
The ages of these 399 deaths were as follows:—
55 | were under 1 year. |
45 | from 1 to 5 years. |
23 | „ 5 „ 20 „ |
80 | ,, 20 ,, 40 ,, |
122 | „ 40 „ 60 „ |
64 | ., 60 „ 80 ,, |
10 | above 80 years. |