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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TABLE IV.—Causes or, and Ages at, Death during the
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all Ages). | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25." | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | All Souls. | Rectory. | St. Mary. | Christ Church. | St. John. | |||
Smallpox | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Measles | ||||||||||||||
Scarlet Fever | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Whooping Cough | ||||||||||||||
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
Croup | ||||||||||||||
Fever | Typhus | |||||||||||||
Enteric | ||||||||||||||
Other continued | ||||||||||||||
Epidemic Influenza .. | 1 | |||||||||||||
Cholera | ||||||||||||||
Diarrhœa | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
Enteritis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Puerperal Fever | ||||||||||||||
Erysipelas | ||||||||||||||
Other Septic Diseases | ||||||||||||||
Phthisis | 22 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 20 | ||||||||
Other Tubercular Diseases | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Cancer, Malignant, Disease | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |||||
Bronchitis | 20 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | |||
Pneumonia | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Pleurisy | ||||||||||||||
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Venereal Diseases | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Premature Birth | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Heart Diseases | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | |||||
Accidents | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Suicides | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
All other causes | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 37 | |||
All causes | 167 | 36 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 74 | 34 | 40 | 18 | 19 | 61 | 29 | 70 |
33 of the 70 deaths were those of non-parishioners.