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Causes of Death. '
Zymotic Diseases.—The seven principal Zymotic Diseases are
Small-pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough,
Fever and Diarrhoea.
The deaths actually occuring in the Parish from this class of
disease numbered 31. This number includes those non-parishioners
who died in the Charing Cross Hospital. After deducting those nonparishioners,
and adding those who died in Institutions outside
the Parish, the mortality due to St. Martin-in-the-Fields would be
24. This number is 9 less than the previous year. (See Table 5.)
Small-pox.—No death or illness from this disease came to my
knowledge, and only one death occurred in the whole of London
during the year.
Measles.—Six deaths occurred in the Parish from this complaint.
Scarlet Fever.—One death took place in the Parish, and two
deaths occurred of parishioners in the Metropolitan Asylums Hospital,
making a total of three against nine of the previous year.
Diphtheria.—Ten deaths were recorded from this malady, eight
of which were non-parishioners, patients of the Charing Cross
Hospital, so that the Parish would be credited with only two deaths
from Diphtheria.
Whooping Cough.—Seven deaths occurred in the Parish, and
one of a parishioner in King's College Hospital, making a total of
eight. This number is double that of the previous year.
Fever.—This includes Typhus, Typhoid, Simple continued
lever, and Remittant Fever. Five deaths occurred in the Parish
from Typhoid, four of which died in the Charing Cross Hospital,
and were all non-parishioners, so that only one death was due to
St. Martin's.
Diarriœa. Five deaths were due to this malady, one of
which occurred in the Charing Cross Hospital, and was a nonparishioner,
therefore only four deaths from this complaint were
due to this Parish. This number is very low, same as in the
previous year, and I have no doubt was attributable to the cool
summer of 1889.