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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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Table: TABLE II.— Giving the Causes of Deaths during the 5 Weeks ending January 6th, 1901, at the Middlesex Hospital, Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, the Workhouse, and the Marylebone Infirmary, Notting Hill, W.

TABLE II.— Giving the Causes of Deaths during the 5 Weeks ending January 6th, 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.
Inlluenza...............
Scarlet Fever...............
Diphtheria...............
Typhoid Fever2............
Diarrhœa1.........1
Erysipelas...............
Pneumonia and Pleurisy6......13
Pyæmia1............
Syphilis...............
Cancer15...1...3
Phthisis and Tuberculosis2......110
Rheumatism.........1...
Apoplexy1.........1
Paralysis............2
Bronchitis3.........9
Asthma.........1...
Peritonitis1............
Disease of Brain...............
„ Heart2......33
„ Kidney2.........1
„ Liver3............
„ Uterus...............
„ Ovary1............
Parturition...............
Diabetes...............
Fractures and Injuries1.........1
Old Age.........23
Low Vitality, Infants...............
Premature Birth...2.........
Other causes72...13
Total*48†4‡11040

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* Of the 48 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 37 were those of non-parishioners.
† The 4 deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital, were those of non-parishioners, 3 of
them were infants.
‡ The death in the Samaritan Hospital was that of a non-parishioner.