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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 1901

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: TABLE II. —Giving the Causes of Deaths during the 5 Weeks ending April 27th, 1901, at the Middlesex Hospital, Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, the Workhouse, and theMarylebone Infirmary, Notting Hill, W.

TABLE II. —Giving the Causes of Deaths during the 5 Weeks ending April 27th, 1901, at the Middlesex Hospital, Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, the Workhouse, and theMarylebone Infirmary, Notting Hill, W.

Middlesex Hospital.Queen Charlotte's Hospital.Samaritan Hospital.WorkhouseNotting Hill. Infirmary.
Influenza...............
Scarlet Fever...............
Diphtheria...............
Typhoid Fever...............
Diarrhoea...............
Erysipelas...............
Pneumonia and Pleurisy4.........4
Pyaemia...............
Syphilis...............
Cancer16...1...3
Phthisis and Tuberculosis51...17
Rheumatism...............
Apoplexy...............
Paralysis............5
Bronchitis1.........5
Asthma...............
Peritonitis...............
Disease of Brain...............
„ Heart1......31
Kidney1.........4
Liver1............
Uterus...............
Ovary...............
Parturition...............
Diabetes...............
Fractures and Injuries3............
Old Age............4
Low Vitalitv, Infants...2.........
Premature Birth...............
Other causes9......26
Total*41†3‡1639

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* Of the 41 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 34 were those of non-parishioners.
f The 3 deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital, were those of non-parishioners, 2 of
them were infants.
f The death in the Samaritan Hospital was that of a non-parishioner.