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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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TABLE IV.— Giving the Causes of Deaths during the 5 "Weeks ending
Jan. 25th, 1896, at the Middlesex Hospital, Queen Charlotte't
Lying-in-Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, the Workhouse, and the
Marylebone Infirmary, Notting Hill, W.
Middlesex
Hospital.
Queen
Charlotte's
Hospital.
Samaritan
Hospital.
Workhouse
Notting
Hill
Infirmary.
Influenza
...
...
...
...
...
Scarlet Fever
...
...
...
...
...
Diphtheria
...
...
...
...
...
Typhoid Fever
...
...
...
...
...
Diarrhoea
...
...
...
...
...
Erysipelas
...
...
...
...
1
Pneumonia and Pleurisy
1
...
...
...
...
Pyaemia
1
...
...
...
...
Syphilis
...
...
...
...
1
Cancer
7
...
...
1
1
Phthisis and Tuberculosis
4
...
...
...
11
Rheumatism
...
...
...
...
...
Apoplexy
...
...
...
...
2
Paralysis
...
...
...
...
...
Bronchitis
...
...
...
1
12
Asthma
...
...
...
...
...
Peritonnitis
1
...
1
...
...
Disease of Brain
...
...
...
...
...
„ Heart
2
...
...
...
2
„ Kidney
1
...
...
1
...
„ Liver
...
...
...
...
...
„ Uterus
...
...
...
...
...
Ovary
...
...
1
...
...
Parturition
...
...
...
...
...
Diabetes
...
...
...
...
...
Fractures and Injuries
3
...
...
...
1
Old Age
...
...
...
...
...
Low Vitality, Infants
...
...
...
...
...
Premature Birth
...
1
...
...
...
Other causes
5
1
...
...
3
Total
*25
†2
‡2
3
34
* Of the 28 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 20 were those of non-parishioners.
† The 2 deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital were those of non-parishioners.
‡ The 2 deaths in the Samaritan Hospital were those of non-parishioners.