Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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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. | Workhouse | Notting Hill Infirmary. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inlluenza | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Typhoid Fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diarrhœa | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Pneumonia and Pleurisy | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 |
Pyæmia | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Syphilis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cancer | 15 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 |
Phthisis and Tuberculosis | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 10 |
Rheumatism | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Apoplexy | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Paralysis | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
Bronchitis | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 9 |
Asthma | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Peritonitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Disease of Brain | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
„ Heart | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 3 |
„ Kidney | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
„ Liver | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
„ Uterus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
„ Ovary | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Parturition | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diabetes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Fractures and Injuries | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Old Age | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 |
Low Vitality, Infants | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Premature Birth | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
Other causes | 7 | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 |
Total | *48 | †4 | ‡1 | 10 | 40 |
* 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.