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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 November 23rd, 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 November 23rd, 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...............
Diarrhœa1............
Erysipelas...............
Pneumonia and Pleurisy3.........1
Pyaemia............
Syphilis...............
Cancer13.........4
Phthisis and Tuberculosis2.........7
Rheumatism...............
Apoplexy...............
Paralysis............1
Bronchitis.........512
Asthma...............
Peritonitis2............
Disease of Brain‡............
„ Heart1......11
„ Kidney............
„ Liver............1
„ Uterus......2......
„ Ovary...............
Parturition...............
Diabetes...............
Fractures and Injuries.........12
Old Age...............
Low Vitality, Infants...1.........
Premature Birth...............
Other causes71......2
Total*29†2‡2731

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* Of the 29 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 20 were those of non-parishioners.
† The 2 deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital were those of infants of non-parishioners
‡ The 2 deaths in the Samaritan Hospital were those of non-parishioners.