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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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Fulham Infirmary1
St. Peter's Home1
German Hospital3
The Convent, Carlisle Place1
River Thames, Lambeth1
Chelsea Infirmary1
206

The birth and death-rates, as deduced from the thirteen weeks' statistics,
are as follows :—
All Souls, birth-rate 19.2; death-rate 15.0.
Rectory, birth-rate 23.2 ; death-rate 21.6.
St. Mary, birth-rate 22.8; death-rate 20.9.
Christ Church, birth-rate 25.8 ; death-rate 206.
St. John, birth-rate 25.9: death-rate 19.7.
The whole district, birth-rate 23.8 ; death-rate 19.1.
The average death-rates for the five corresponding quarters (1890 to
1895), were as follows:—All Souls, 17.5 ; Rectory, 28.7; St. Mary, 26.6;
Christ Church, 31.4; St. John's Wood, 23.8 ; the whole district, 26.2.
The following table gives, as usual, facilities for comparing the relative
mortality from certain classes of disease and proportion to 1,000 deaths from
all causes. In the fourth column will also be found the average rate for the
corresponding quarter for five years (1892-6) :—

TABLE I.

SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE MORTALITY DURING THE 13 WEEKS ENDING MARCH 27th, 1897, FROM CERTAIN CLASSES OF DISEASE AND PROPORTION TO 1,000 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES

Total Deaths. 13 weeks ending Mar. 27th, 1897.Proportion of the deaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes. 13 weeks ending Mar. 27,1897.Rate per 1,000 of the population.Mean rate per 1,000 population for corresponding quarter 1892-1896.
1.Deaths from the chief Zymotic Diseases41611.163.49
2.Pulmonary, other than Phthisis1702517.118.61
3.Tubercular771143.233.07
4.Wasting Diseases of Infants ..38561.581.25
5.Convulsive Diseases of Infants36531.500.98

NOTES.
1, includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Influenza, Whooping Cough,
Puerperal Fever, Erysipelas, Croup, Fever, and Diarrhoea.
3, includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
4, includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, Want of Breast Milk, and Premature Births,
5, includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and Teething