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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 1899

The sanitary chronicles of the Parish of St. Marylebone being the annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1899

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The following table gives facilities for comparing the relative mortality
from certain classes of disease and proportion to 1,000 deaths from all
causes:

Table: TABLE I.SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE MORTALITY DURING THE FIFTY-TWO WEEKS ENDING DECEMBER 23rd, 1899, FROM CERTAIN CLASSES OF DISEASE AND PROPORTION TO 1,000 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES :-

TABLE I.

SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE MORTALITY DURING THE FIFTY-TWO WEEKS ENDING DECEMBER 23rd, 1899, FROM CERTAIN CLASSES OF DISEASE AND PROPORTION TO 1,000 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES :-

Total Deaths. 52 weeks ending Dec. 23rd, 1899.Proportion oftbedeaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes. 52 weeks ending Dec. 23,1899.Rate per 1,000 of the population.Mean rate per 1,000 population for corresponding period 1893-1898.
1. Deaths from the chief Zymotic Diseases4021562.822.59
2. Pulmonary, other than Phthisis5172013.634.25
3. Tubercular3071192.162.08
4. Wasting Diseases of Infants .108420.761.14
5. Convulsive Diseases of Infants103400.750.83

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NOTES.
1, includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Influenza, Whooping Cough,
Erysipelas, Croup, Fever, and Diarrhoea.
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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.