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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Marylebone 1896

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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REPORT OF MORTUARY KEEPER FOR
THE YEAR 1896.

Table: Number of bodies received from January 1st, 1896, to December 31st, 1896.

Number of bodies received from January 1st, 1896, to December 31st, 1896.

MalesFemalesMalesFemales
Brought forward147112
January2215July2620
February2613August2218
March2220September2018
April2920October2619
May2319November2735
June2525December2919
147112297241
Total538

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Number of Inquests from January 1st, 1896, to
December 31st, 1896.
January 16
February 17
March 17
April 17
May 17
June 20
July 20
August 13
Brought forward 137
September 15
October 24
November 33
December 24
Bodies received for inquest, Dec. 1895
and the inquests held Jan. 1896 2
Total 235
Number of bodies to await burial only 301
Number of bodies for inquest 235
Bodies received Dec., 1896 ; inquest to be held Jan., 1897 2
Total 538
Infectious cases received.
Typhoid Fever 1
Scarlet Fever 1
Diphtheria 24
Total 26