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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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BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
During the four weeks ending November 23rd there have been registered 241 births and 160 deaths. These births and deaths are divided among the five sub-districts as set forth in Table V. Fifty-seven of the deaths were extra-parochial as follows :—
| St. Marylebone Infirmary, Notting Hill | 31 |
| North-Western Fever Hospital | 2 |
| Western Fever Hospital | 2 |
| St. Mary's Hospital | 2 |
| London Hospital | 1 |
| University College Hospital | 1 |
| St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 1 |
| Brompton Hospital | 1 |
| Belgrave Hospital | 1 |
| Hanwell Asylum | 1 |
| Leavesden Asylum | 2 |
| Dartford Asylum | |
| Claybury Asylum | 3 |
| Caterham Asylum | 1 |
| Cane Hill Asylum | 3 |
| Royal Free Hospital | 1 |
| St. Pancras Infirmary | 1 |
| Paddington Infirmary | 1 |
| Total 57 |
The birth and death-rates, as deduced from the four weeks' statistics, are
as follows :—
All Souls, birth-rate 17.9 ; deat h-rate 12.1.
Rectory, birth-rate 22.9 ; death-rate 16.3.
St. Mary, birth-rate 22.3 ; death-rate 15.8.
Christ Church, birth-rate 31.2 ; death-rate 17.1.
St. John, birth-rate 19.1; death-rate 17.8.
The whole district, birth-rate 18.8; death-rate 15.6.
The average death-rates for five years (1895 to 1900) for the corresponding
period were as follows :—All Souls, 15.3 ; Rectory, 23.7 ; St. Mary, 16.7 ;
Christ Church, 16.9; St. John, 21.2; the whole district, 18.3.
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: