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 | The subjoined numbers have been taken into account in judging of the records of mortality. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto. | Deaths occurring with in the district among persons not belonging thereto. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mortality from all causes at subjoined ages. | (b) At all ages | 588 | 461 | 365 | 788 | 673 | 2875 | 798 | 412 | ||||||||||
| (c) Under 1 year | 143 | 80 | 75 | 198 | 166 | 662 | 45 | 46 | |||||||||||
| (d) 1 and under 5 | 51 | 45 | 71 | 162 | 111 | 440 | 93 | 21 | |||||||||||
| (e) 5 and under 15 | 15 | 15 | 35 | 101 | 31 | 18 | |||||||||||||
| (f) 15 and under 25 | 21 | 12 | 28 | 31 | 111 | 52 | 34 | ||||||||||||
| 255 | 164 | 130 | 243 | 205 | 997 | 378 | 256 | ||||||||||||
| (h) 65 and up-wards | 103 | 138 | 68 | 122 | 133 | 564 | 199 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | |||||
| Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deat hs of Children under Five Years of Age. | Small pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| 2. | Scarlatina | 3 | .. | 4 | 1 | 9 | .. | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 14 | 4 | .. | .. | ||
| 3. | Diphtheria | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 43 | 17 | 25 | 11 | ||||||
| Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Fevers. | 5. Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| 6. Enteric or Typhoid | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | 17 | .. | .. | ||||||||
| 7. Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| 8. Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 9. Puerperal | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
| 10. | cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| 11. | Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | |||||
| 12. | Measles | 12 | .. | 18 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 76 | 10 | 37 | 3 | 168 | 20 | 20 | .. | ||||
| 13. | Whooping Cough | .. | 9 | 6 | .. | 23 | .. | 16 | .. | 58 | 1 | .. | .. | ||||||
| 14. | Diarrhœa and Dysentry | 13 | 2 | 10 | .. | 7 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 54 | 9 | 6 | 3 | |||||
| 15. | Rheumatic Fever | .. | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 19 | .. | ||||||
| 16. | Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Phthisis | 5 | 59 | .. | 42 | 37 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 26 | 263 | 8 | .. | |||||||
| 18. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, & Pleurisy | 45 | 79 | 25 | 73 | 33 | 44 | 86 | 63 | 88 | 263 | 370 | 13 | 126 | 23 | ||||
| 19. | Heart Disease | 3 | 47 | 2 | 54 | .. | 33 | .. | 51 | 3 | 50 | 8 | 235 | 51 | 30 | ||||
| 20. | Injuries | 8 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 23 | 39 | 82 | 3 | 35 | 5 | |||
| All other Diseases | 95 | 184 | 43 | 135 | 45 | 82 | 114 | 166 | 112 | 154 | 409 | 721 | 37 | 293 | 41 | ||||
| Total | 194 | 125 | 336 | 146 | 219 | 360 | 428 | 277 | 396 | 1102 | 1773 | 138 | 660 | 345 | |||||