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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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Births and Deaths.
During the five weeks ending April 27th, 1901, there have been registered 310 births and 211 deaths. These births and deaths are divided among the sub-districts as set forth in Table IV. Sixty-four of the deaths were extra-parochial, as follows:—
| St. Marylebone Infirmary, Notting Hill | 39 |
| North-Western Fever Hospital | 4 |
| St. Mary's Hospital | 7 |
| Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street | 1 |
| Children's Hospital, Paddington Street | 2 |
| Brompton Hospital | 1 |
| French Hospital | 2 |
| Camberwell House Asylum | 1 |
| Banstead Asylum | 2 |
| Colney Hatch Asylum | 1 |
| Darenth Asylum | 1 |
| St. Pancras Workhouse | 1 |
| St. Joseph's Home | 1 |
| Friedenheim | 1 |
| Total 64 |
The birth and death-rates, as deduced from the five weeks' statistics,
are as follows:—
All Souls, birth-rate 16.5: death-rate 11.3.
Rectory, birth-rate 21.6; death-rate 17.5.
St. Mary, birth-rate 26.5; death-rate 14.0.
Christ Church, birth-rate 39.4; death-rate 22.8.
St. John, birth-rate 9.9; death-rate 11.7.
The whole district, birth-rate 22.8; death-rate 15.7.
The average death-rates for five years (1895 to 1900) were as follows : —
All Souls, 11.9; Rectory, 23.9; St. Mary, 20.1; Christ Church, 20.7; St.
John, 18.9; the whole district, 19.1.
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