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 V.—
(a) | All Souls | Rectory | St. Mary | Christ Church | St. John | Totals | The subjoined numbers have been taken into account in judging of the records of mortality. | ||||||||||||
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Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto. | Deaths occurring with in the district among persons not belonging thereto. | ||||||||||||||||||
Mortality from all causes at subjoined ages. | (b) At all ages | 506 | 494 | 412 | 608 | 556 | 2576 | 836 | 489 | ||||||||||
(c) Under 1 year | 102 | 65 | 80 | 148 | 135 | 530 | 42 | 31 | |||||||||||
(d) 1 and under 5 | 36 | 21 | 24 | 59 | 41 | 181 | 54 | 21 | |||||||||||
(e) 5 and under 15 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 64 | 35 | 15 | |||||||||||
(f) 15 and under 25 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 80 | 22 | 27 | |||||||||||
(g) 25 and under 65 | 219 | 206 | 174 | 242 | 211 | 1052 | 438 | 341 | |||||||||||
(h) 65 and up wards | 120 | 176 | 114 | 129 | 130 | 669 | 245 | 54 | |||||||||||
(i) | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | |||
Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | 1. Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||
2. Scarlatina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .. | 16 | 8 | 9 | 4 | .. | .. | |||
3. Diphtheria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 5 | .. | ||||
4. Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Fevers. | 5. Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
6. Enteric or Typhoid | 1 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 21 | .. | 12 | .. | 10 | |||
7. Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
8. Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
9. Puerperal | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |||
10. Cholera | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
11. Erysipelas | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 6 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | |||
12. Measles | 8 | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 16 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | |||
13. Whooping Cough | 8 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 6 | .. | 8 | 2 | 27 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |||
14. Diarrhœa and Dysentery | 37 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 44 | 4 | 158 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |||
15. Rheumatic Fever | .. | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 11 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | |||
16. Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
17. Phthisis | 3 | 53 | 4 | 63 | 1 | 52 | 7 | 53 | 2 | 48 | 17 | 269 | 3 | 160 | 3 | 24 | |||
18. Bronchitis, Pneumonia, & Pleurisy | 21 | 88 | 16 | 87 | 16 | 50 | 41 | 91 | 34 | 71 | 131 | 387 | 8 | 110 | 9 | 41 | |||
19. Heart Disease | .. | 42 | .. | 54 | 2 | 46 | .. | 40 | 2 | 37 | 4 | 219 | .. | 54 | 1 | 33 | |||
20. Injuries | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 31 | 42 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 26 | |||
21. All other Diseases | 49 | 157 | 38 | 186 | 51 | 145 | 80 | 186 | 71 | 188 | 289 | 862 | 53 | 361 | 24 | 302 | |||
Total | 138 | 363 | 86 | 408 | 104 | 308 | 207 | 401 | 176 | 380 | 711 | 1865 | 96 | 740 | 52 | 437 |