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Marylebone 1901

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

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TABLE II.—Giving the Causes of Deaths during the 13 Weeks ending September 21st, 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............1
Typhoid Fever3.........1
Diarrhoea............3
Erysipelas...............
Pneumonia and Pleurisy81......6
Pysemia1............
Syphilis............1
Cancer28.........8
Phthisis and Tuberculosis9.........24
Rheumatism...............
Apoplexy...1.........
Paralysis............5
Bronchitis2.........16
Asthma............1
Peritonitis8............
Disease of Brain.........2...
„ Heart7......316
,, Kidney4............
,, Liver3.........1
„ Uterus...............
„ Ovary1............
Parturition...2.........
Diabetes...............
Fractures and Injuries3.........2
Old Age............7
Low Vitality, Infants...1...1...
Premature Birth...2.........
Other causes15......I16
Total*92†7...8108

* Of the 92 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 73 were those of non-parishioners.
f The 7 deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital were those of non-parishioners, 5 of them
were infants.