Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The sanitary chronicles of the Parish of St. Marylebone being the annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1893
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(a) | All Souls | Rectory | St. Mary | Christ Church | St. John | Totals | ||||||||
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Population at all Ages. | (b) Census 1891 | 37,713 | 20,024 | 19,239 | 33,327 | 32,101 | 144,404 | |||||||
(c) Registered Births | 778 | 553 | 505 | 890 | 826 | 3552 | ||||||||
Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | |||
New Cases of Sickness in each Locality. coming to the knowledge op the medical Officer of Health. | 1. Smallpox | 5 | 24 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 52 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 142 | |
2. Scarlatina | 37 | 130 | 24 | 67 | 23 | 63 | 57 | 202 | 77 | 199 | 218 | 661 | ||
3. Diphtheria | 27 | 52 | 8 | 33 | 12 | 30 | 35 | 79 | 26 | 56 | 108 | 250 | ||
4. Membranous Croup | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | |||
Fevers. | 5. Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
6. Enteric or Typhoid | 4 | 15 | .. | 16 | 1 | 9 | .. | 23 | .. | 21 | 5 | 84 | ||
7. Continued | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | • • | 1 | 3 | ||
8. Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
.. | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 9 | |||
10. Cholera | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
11. Erysipelas | .. | 52 | 3 | 76 | 7 | 38 | 5 | 125 | 3 | 56 | 18 | 347 | ||
Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital. | 4 | 20 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 51 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 135 | ||
2. Scarlatina | 20 | 96 | 9 | 47 | 12 | 46 | 39 | 147 | 45 | 150 | 125 | 386 | ||
19 | 28 | 5 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 46 | 20 | 19 | 73 | 129 | |||
4. Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Fevers. | 5. Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
.. | 14 | .. | 8 | 1 | 6 | .. | 15 | .. | 13 | 1 | 56 | |||
7. Continued | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
8. Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
.. | 9 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 8 | .. | 25 | .. | 6 | 2 | 83 |