Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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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 | 638 | 409 | 459 | 794 | 825 | 3125 | |||||||||
(d) Aged under 5 or over 5. | Under 5 | 5 upwards , | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | |||
New Casks of Sickness in bach Locality coming to the knowledge of the medical Officer of Health. | 1. Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 5 | ||
2. Scarlatina | 26 | 92 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 23 | 13 | 56 | 40 | 64 | 98 | 260 | |||
3. Diphtheria | 8 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 30 | 36 | 31 | 44 | 75 | 124 | |||
4. Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |||
Fevers. | 5. Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
6. Enteric or Typhoid | 1 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 69 | ||||
7. Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
8. Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
9. Puerperal | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | |||
10. Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
11. Erysipelas | 1 | 29 | 1 | 63 | 22 | 8 | 55 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 188 | ||||
Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospitals. | 1 Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 5 | ||
2. Scarlatina | 21 | 73 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 49 | 25 | 41 | 80 | 198 | |||
3. Diphtheria | 5 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 35 | 56 | 91 | |||
4. Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Fevers. | 5. Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
6. Enteric or Typhoid | 1 | 11 | .. | 10 | 1 | 9 | .. | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 41 | |||
7. Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
8. Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
9. Puerperal | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
10. Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
.11. Erysipelas | 1 | 7 | .. | 35 | .. | 5 | 1 | 10 | .. | 7 | 2 | 64 |