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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The week ending June 28th was one of perfect summer. Minimum
temperature, 50.5°; maximum, 80.5°; mean, 69.4°. No rain fell. Winds,
SE and E. Sunshine registered in Begent's Park, 77.9 hours, equal to
67.l per cent. Mean barometer, 30.1 inches.
Births and Deaths.
During the four weeks ending June 28th there have been registered
210 births and 160 deaths; equal to a birth-rate of 20.5 per thousand, a
death-rate of 15.6 per thousand. The average death-rate for the corresponding
period during the five previous years was 17.1 per thousand.
Quarterly Summary.
During the quarter ending June 28th there have been registered 688
births and 516 deaths. These births and deaths are distributed among the
five sub-districts as set forth in Table VI. Two hundred and one of the deaths
were extra-parochial, as follows:—
St. Marylebone Infirmary, Notting Hill 124
North-Western Fever Hospital 6
Western Fever Hospital 1
North-Eastern Eever Hospital 3
Gore Farm Hospital 1
Long Eeach Hospital 2
Hospital Ship "Atlas" 1
„ „ "Castalia" 3
London Fever Hospital 1
London Hospital 1
St. Mary's Hospital 15
Children's Hospital, Paddington 1
King's College Hospital 1
University College Hospital 6
St. Thomas' Hospital 1
Cancer Hospital, Chelsea 1
French Hospital 2
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