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 1899
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TABLE III—
(a) | All Souls | Rectory | St. Mary | Christ Church | St. John | Totals | |||||||||
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Population at all Ages. | (b) Census 1896 | 36,495 | 19,798 | 19,637 | 32,547 | 32,611 | 141,188 | ||||||||
(c) Registered Births | 645 | 423 | 450 | 766 | 822 | 3,106 | |||||||||
(d) Aged under 5 or over 5. | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | |||
New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the medical Officer of Health. | 1. Smallpox | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
2. Scarlatina | 18 | 92 | 20 | 49 | 10 | 34 | 26 | 51 | 32 | 53 | 106 | 279 | |||
3. Diphtheria | 12 | 26 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 27 | 15 | 28 | 14 | 34 | 61 | 127 | |||
4. Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | |||
Fevers. | 5. Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
6. Enteric or Typhoid | 1 | 39 | .. | 6 | .. | 17 | .. | 17 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 110 | |||
7. Continued | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
8. Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
9. Puerperal | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 6 | |||
10. Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
11. Erysipelas | 4 | 29 | .. | 38 | .. | 27 | 5 | 61 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 185 | |||
Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treat-ment in Isolation Hospitals. | 1. Smallpox | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
2. Scarlatina | 12 | 76 | 14 | 38 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 41 | 21 | 45 | 76 | 230 | |||
3. Diphtheria | 9 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 22 | 12 | 20 | 49 | 86 | |||
4. Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |||
Fevers. | '5. Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
6. Enteric or Typhoid | 1 | 26 | .. | 8 | .. | 13 | .. | 10 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 71 | |||
7. Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
8. Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
9. Puerperal | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
10. Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
11. Erysipelas | .. | 8 | .. | 23 | .. | 7 | .. | 26 | .. | 8 | .. | 72 |