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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 1902

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

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Table: TABLE 11.—Giving the Causes of Deaths during the 5 Weeks ending August 2nd, 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.

TABLE 11.—Giving the Causes of Deaths during the 5 Weeks ending August 2nd, 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 HospitalQueen Charlotte's Hospital.Samaritan Hospital.WorkhouseNothing Hill, infirmaryHospital of St. John & Elizabeth, Grove ltd.
Smallpox......
Influenza..................
Scarlet Fever..................
Diphtheria2...............
Typhoid Fever..................
Diarrhoea............2...
Erysipelas1.........2...
Pneumonia and Pleurisy5.........2...
Pyaemia..................
Syphilis............1..
Cancer16.........2...
Phthisis & Tuberculosis3.........141
Rheumatism............1...
Apoplexy..................
Paralysis............3...
Bronchitis2.........13l
Asthma..................
Peritonitis..................
Disease of Brain..................
„ Heart31......31
„ Kidney..................
„ Liver..................
„ Uterus..................
„ Ovary..................
Parturition..................
Diabetes..................
Fractures and Injuries1...............
Old Age............5...
Low Vitality, Infants..................
Premature Birth..................
Other causes91...36...
Total*42†2...554‡3