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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 52 Weeks ending December 21st., 1901, at the Middlesex Hospital, Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, the Workhouse, and the Marylebone Infirmary, Sotting Hill, W.

TABLE IV.— Giving the Causes of Deaths during the 52 Weeks ending December 21st., 1901, at the Middlesex Hospital, Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, the Workhouse, and the Marylebone Infirmary, Sotting Hill, W.

Middlesex Hospital.Queen Charlotte's Hospital.Samaritan Hospital.Workhouse.Notting Hill Infirmary.
Influenza..........
Scarlet Fever..........
Diphtheria1......1
Typhoid Fever8......2
Diarrhœa4....15
Erysipelas........4
Pneumonia and Pleurisy313..122
Pyæmia4........
Syphilis32....5
Cancer128..4..36
Phthisis and Tuberculosis361..4113
Rheumatism......11
Apoplexy3l..26
Paralysis........28
Bronchitis12l..983
Asthma......21
Peritonitis14..1..4
Disease of Brain......28
,, Heart22....1136
„ Kidney13......12
,. Liver10......3
„ Uterus1..4....
„ Ovary251....
Parturition..........
Diabetes..........
Fractures and Injuries19......7
Old Age......336
Low Vitality, Infants..6..42
Premature Birth..9..12
Other causes6872552
Total*379†35‡1246469

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* Of the 379 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 285 were those of non-parishioners,
† 31 of the deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital were those of non-parishioners.
‡ The 12 deaths in the Samaritan Hospital were those of non-parishioners.