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Marylebone 1901

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

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TABLE III.—Giving the Causes of Deaths during the 13 Weeks ending March 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 Fever4............
Diarrhœa2......11
Krysipelas...............
Pneumonia and Pleurisy122...17
Pyaemia1............
Syphilis............2
Cancer36...3...9
Phthisis and Tuberculosis7......332
Rheumatism.........11
Apoplexy2......11
Paralvsis............5
Bronchitis7......123
Asthma.........2...
Peritonitis2............
Disease of Brain............5
„ Heart5......33
Kidney5I
„ Liver4......
„ Uterus...............
„ Ovary1............
Parturition...2.........
Diabetes...............
Fractures and Injuries• 6............
Old Age.........210
Low Vitality, Infants...1......2
Premature Birth...2...I2
Other causes1951213
Total*113†l2‡418117

* Of the 113 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 82 were those of non-parishioners,
† Nine of the 12 deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital, were those of non-parishioners.
‡ The 4 deaths in the Samaritan Hospital were those of non-parishioners.