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 11.—Giving the Causes of Deaths during the 13 Weeks ending June 28th, 1902, at the Middlesex Hospital, Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, the Workhouse, the Hospital of St. John & Elizabeth, and the Marylebone Infirmary, Notting Hill, W.
Middlesex Hospital | Queen Charlotte's Hospital. | Samaritan Hospital. | Workhouse | Notting Hill. Infirmary. | Hospital of St. John & Elizabeth, Grove Rd. | |
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Smallpox | ||||||
Influenza | ||||||
Scarlet Fever | ||||||
Diphtheria | ||||||
Typhoid Fever | ||||||
Diarrhoea | 1 | 4 | ||||
Erysipelas | 1 | |||||
Pneumonia and Pleurisy | 7 | 1 | 11 | |||
Pyaemia | ||||||
Syphilis | 4 | |||||
Cancer | 34 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
Phthisis & Tuberculosis | 3 | 33 | 2 | |||
Rheumatism | ||||||
Apoplexy | 1 | |||||
Paralysis | 3 | |||||
Bronchitis | 4 | 1 | 25 | 2 | ||
Asthma | ||||||
Peritonitis | ||||||
Disease of Brain | ||||||
„ Heart | 11 | 1 | 12 | |||
„ Kidney | 1 | |||||
,, Liver | 2 | |||||
„ Uterus | ||||||
„ Ovary | ||||||
Parturition | ||||||
Diabetes | ||||||
Fractures and Injuries. | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
Old Age | 6 | |||||
Low Vitality, Infants | ||||||
Premature Birth | 4 | |||||
Other causes | 25 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 2 |
Total | *87 | ‡‡8 | 10 | 124 | ‡‡9 |
* Of the 87 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 65 were those of non-parishioners.
‡‡ The 8 deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital were those of infants; seven
were the children of non-parishioners.
‡ The 4 deaths in the Samaritan Hospital were those of non-parishioners.
†† Seven of the 9 deaths in St. John's Hospital were those of non-parishioners.