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 1896
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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 1896 | 36,595 | 19,798 | 19,637 | 32,547 | 32,611 | 141,188 | ||||||||
(c) Registered Births | 779 | 526 | 892 | 3453 | |||||||||||
(d) Aged under 5 or over 5 | 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 of the medical Officer of Health. | 1. | Small pox | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
2. | Scarlatina | 27 | 118 | 14 | 58 | 22 | 62 | 76 | 157 | 82 | 182 | 221 | 577 | ||
Diphtheria | 17 | 39 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 45 | 24 | 42 | 117 | 166 | |||
4. | Membranous Croup | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | 2 | ||
fevers. | 5. Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
6. Enteric or Typhoid | 1 | 30 | .. | 6 | 1 | 16 | .. | 25 | .. | 24 | 2 | 101 | |||
7. Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
8. Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
9. Puerperal | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
10. | cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
11. | Erysipelas | 3 | 35 | 2 | 52 | 4 | 24 | 5 | 95 | 4 | 35 | 18 | 241 | ||
Number of such Cases Removed from their homes in the several localities for treat-ment in Isolation Hospital. | Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Scarlatina | 20 | 106 | 13 | 47 | 22 | 48 | 121 | 62 | 120 | 181 | 445 | ||||
Diphtheria | 10 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 25 | 32 | 15 | 15 | 73 | 92 | |||
Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Fevers. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
.. | 11 | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | 15 | .. | 11 | 1 | 48 | |||||
7. Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Erysipelas | •• | 9 | .. | 28 | .. | 9 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 90 |