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Marylebone 1901

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

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Table: TABLE IV.— Giving the Causes of Deaths during the 4 Weeks ending May 25th, 1901, at the Middlesex Hospital, Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, the Workhouse, and the Marylebone Infirmary, Notting Hill, W.

TABLE IV.— Giving the Causes of Deaths during the 4 Weeks ending May 25th, 1901, at the Middlesex Hospital, Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, the Workhouse, and the Marylebone Infirmary, Notting Hill, W.

Middlesex Hospital.Queen Charlotte's Hospital.Samaritan Hospital.WorkhouseNotting Hill. Infirmary.
Influenza...............
Scarlet Fever...............
Diphtheria...............
Typhoid Fever...............
Diarrhoea............1
Erysipelas............1
Pneumonia and Pleurisy1.........4
Pyæmia1............
Syphills11.........
Cancer6.........5
Phthisis and Tuberculosis1.........12
Rheumatism...............
Apoplexy1.........2
Paralysis............3
Bronchitis11......2
Asthma...............
Peritonitis.........1...
Disease of Brain...............
„ Heart3.........5
„ Kidneyl.........6
„ Liver............1
,, Uterus...............
„ Ovary...............
Parturition...............
Diabetes...............
Fractures and Injuries............2
Old Age............7
Low Vitality, Infants...............
Premature Birth...1.........
Other causes4...1...5
Total*21†3‡2156

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* Of the 21 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 9 were those of non-parishioners,
†Two of the 3 deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital, were those of non-parishioners.
‡ The 2 deaths in the Samaritan Hospital were those of non-parishioners.