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Marylebone 1901

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

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Table: TABLE V. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during 1901, in the Borough of St. Marylebone.1

TABLE V. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during 1901, in the Borough of St. Marylebone.1

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. j25 and under 65.65 and upwards.All Souls.Rectory.St. Mary.Christ Church.St. John.
Smallpox8......215...12221...
Measles917...1......6......3......
Scarlet Fever...181113...3...212112...
Whooping Cough402020............647149...
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup334245.........2461292
Croup.......................................
FeverTyphus.......................................
Enteric9.........36...5......3110
Other continued.......................................
Epidemic influenza103...1...333232......
Cholera.......................................
Plague.......................................
Diarrhœa12110313......3224912611510
Enteritis641......1...2112......
Puerperal fever1............1......1............
Erysipelas7............434......214
Other Septic Diseases141121725312323
Phthisis22311323184117131295636154
Other Tubercular Diseases6914204325320972013...
Cancer, Malignant Disease138.........189485221212222168
Bronchitis265391522961115645389333105
Pneumonia1734627496324332331622457
Pleurisy8............6212221*...
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs2041...29456423*...
Alcoholism Dirrhosis of Liver46............4061259119...
Venereal Diseases1412.........2...61223...
Premature Birth3333...............75214510
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition13.........310...41233...
Heart Diseases22731111211288' 463631684513
Accidents521433225511512141026
Suicides13.........112...71221...
All other causes6411462812312291951238974219136398
All causes22114491735295935507514307300704386971

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*The deaths include deaths in the Public Institutions, enumerated in Table VI., with the
exception of deaths of non-residents in the district.
†These 941 deaths include 328 deaths of non-residents.