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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TABLE III.—TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, in the Sanitary District of ST. MARYLEBONE, during the Quarter ending March, 31st 1897; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
(a) | All Souls | Rectory | St. Mary | Christ Church | St. John | Totals | ||||||||
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Population at all Ages. | (6) Census 1891 | 3T.701 | 20,019 | 19,238 | 33,323 | 32,100 | 142,381 | |||||||
(c) Registered Births .. | 176 | 115 | 112 | 210 | 211 | 824 | ||||||||
(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 Casks of Sickness in bach Locality coming to the knowledge of the medical Officer of Health. | 1 | Small pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
2. | Scarlatina | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 43 | |
3. | Diphtheria | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 27 | |
4. | Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | |
5. Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Fevers. | 6. Enteric or Typhoid | .. | 5 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 16 | |
7. Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
8. Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
9. Puerperal | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
10 | Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
11 | Erysipelas | .. | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 32 | .. | 9 | 6 | 63 | |
Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities fob Treatment in Isolation Hospital. | 1 | Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
2. | Scarlatina | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 25 | |
S. | Diphtheria | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | |
4 | Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5. Typhus .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Fevers. | 6. Enteric or Typhoid | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
7. Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
8. Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
9. Puerperal | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
10 | Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
11 | Erysipelas | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | .. | 2 | .. | 14 | .. | 3 | .. | 26 |