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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TABLE VII.
TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year, 1890,
LOCALITIES. | Population at all Ages. | Registered Births. | mortality from all Causes. | Mortality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | Under 1 Year | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 60. | 60 and up wards | - | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Croup (not “spasmodic”) | Whooping Cough. | Continued Fevers. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Cholera. | Rheumatic Fever. | Erysipelas. | Pyemia. | Puerperal Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | ||||||
Census 1881. | Estimated to middle 1889. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Other or Doubtful. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. | 13. | 14. | 15. | 16. | 17. | 18. | 19 | 20. | 21. | 22. | 23. | 24 | 25. | 26. | 27. | 28. | 29. | 30. | 31. | 32. | 33. |
St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 17,508 | Impossible to say, owing to the pulling down and re-building since the last Census. | 267 | 201 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 77 | 51 | Under 5 | .. | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | .. | 2 | 27 |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | . . | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 19 | 34 | 22 | .. | 59 | |||||||||||
Charing Cross Hospital | 173 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 25 | 86 | 18 | Under 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 1 | .. | 18 | |||
5 upwards | .. | . . | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | 2 | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 75 | |||||||||||
Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||||||
In the Streets | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | ||||
5 upwards | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | |||||||||||
Totals | 382 | 66 | 30 | 18 | 30 | 166 | 72 | Under 5 | .. | 7 | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | . . | . . | .. | 3 | . . | .. | . . | .. | .. | . . | .. | 31 | 1 | 2 | 45 | |||
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 29 | 51 | 44 | 18 | 135 | |||||||||||
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the mortality of this Division of the Sanitary District. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deaths occurring outside the Parish among persons belonging thereto | 114 | £ | 5 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 49 | Under 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 8 | |||
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | . . | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 22 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 46 | |||||||||||
Deaths occurring within the Parish among persons not belonging thereto | 171 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 87 | 23 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | 15 | |||
| 5 upwards | .. | . . | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 16 | 22 | 19 | 76 |