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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The average death-rates for five years (1895 to 1900) for the corresponding
period were as follows All Souls, 13.5 ; Keetory, 20.1 ; St. Mary, 18.2 ;
Christ Church, 20.1; St. John, 22.4; the whole district, 18.5.
The following table gives, as usual, facilities for comparing the relative
mortality from certain classes of disease and proportion to 1,000 deaths
from all causes:
TABLE I.
SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE MORTALITY DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING MAY 25th, 1901, FROM CERTAIN CLASSES OF DISEASE AND PROPORTION TO 1,000 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES:—
Total Deaths. 4 weeks ending May 25th, 1901. | Proportion of the deaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes. 4 weeks ending May 25,1901. | Rate per 1,000 of the population. | Mean rate per 1,000 population for corresponding period 1895-1900. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. Deaths from the chief Zymotic Diseases | 14 | 79 | 1.36 | 2.58 |
2. Pulmonary, other than Phthisis | 33 | 186 | 3.21 | 3.66 |
3. Tubercular | 15 | 85 | 1.46 | 1.88 |
NOTES.
1, includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Influenza, Whooping Cough
Erysipelas, Croup, Fever, and Diarrhoea.
3, includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.