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Marylebone 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VII.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during 1900, in the Borough of
St. Marylebone.1
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all Ages.) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | j All Souls. | Rectory. | St. Mary. | Christ Church. | St. John. | ||
| Smallpox | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |
| Measles | 39 | 13 | 21 | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 13 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |
| Whooping Cough | 48 | 30 | 16 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 18 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 29 | 4 | 13 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | |
| Croup | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Fever | Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric | 15 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Other continued | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Epidemic influenza | 75 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 23 | |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ......... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diarrhoea | 137 | 101 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 17 | 17 | 36 | 38 | |
| Enteritis | ... | ... | ......... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Puerperal fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Erysipelas | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| Other Septic Diseases | 22 | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 10 | 5 | ... | 3 | 4 | 13 | 2 | |
| Phthisis | 275 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 52 | 161 | 20 | 80 | 34 | 30 | 68 | 63 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 12 | 10 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ...1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 137 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 85 | 47 | 47 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 28 | ||
| Bronchitis | 355 | 63 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 121 | 137 | 62 | 55 | 39 | 102 | 97 | |
| Pneumonia | 216 | 57 | 41 | 9 | 5 | 84 | 20 | 36 | 27 | 23 | 73 | 57 | |
| Pleurisy | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 41 | 2 | 4 | ... | 2 | 20 | 13 | ... | 8 | 7 | 11 | 6 | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Venereal Diseases | 9 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 4 | ... | |
| Premature Birth | 70 | 70 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 24 | |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Heart Diseases | 228 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 119 | 85 | 41 | 41 | 30 | 59 | 57 | |
| Accidents | 83 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 19 | |
| Suicides | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
| All other causes | 857 | 158 | 58 | 22 | 376 | 243 | 177 | 163 | 121 | 180 | 226 | ||
| All causes | 2700 | 569 | 232 | 101 | 95 | 108-4 | 619 | 575 | 420 | 342 | 659 | 704 | |
"The deaths include deaths in the Public Institutions, enumerated in Table VI., with the
exception of deaths of non-residents in the district.