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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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Table: TABLE IV.— Giving the Causes of Deaths during the 52 Weeks ending Dec. 23rd, 1899, at the Middlesex Hospital, Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, the Workhouse, and the Marylebone Infirmary, Notting Hill, W.

TABLE IV.— Giving the Causes of Deaths during the 52 Weeks ending Dec. 23rd, 1899, at the Middlesex Hospital, Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, the Workhouse, and the Marylebone Infirmary, Notting Hill, W.

Middlesex Hospital.Queen Charlotte's Hospital.Samaritan Hospital.WorkhouseNotting Hill. Infirmary.
Influenza...............
Scarlet Fever...............
Diphtheria5.........1
Typhoid Fever14.........2
Diarrhœa62......12
Erysipelas1.........4
Pneumonia and Pleurisy391...118
Pyæmia1............
Syphilis1...1...7
Cancer122...3...34
Phthisis and Tuberculosis33......5126
Rheumatism1.........6
Apoplexy7......812
Paralysis............18
Bronchitis14......2777
Asthma...............
Peritonitis61......2
Disease of Brain.........41
,, Heart282...1239
,, Kidney16...1...20
„ Liver8.........8
,, Uterus......4......
„ Ovary1...10......
Parturition...4.........
Diabetes...............
Fractures and Injuries31......18
Old Age.........317
Low Vitality, Infants2......33
Premature Birth...12...11
Other causes4712787
Total*382†23‡2172503
* Of the 382 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 298 were those of non-parishioners. † Of the 23 deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital, 20 were those of non-parishioners. ‡ The 21 deaths in the Samaritan Hospital were those of non-parishioners.