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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 II.—Giving the Causes of Deaths during the 13 Weeks ending September 27th, 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, \V.

TABLE II.—Giving the Causes of Deaths during the 13 Weeks ending September 27th, 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, \V.

Middlesex HospitalQueen Charlotte's Hospital.Samaritan Hospital.WorkhouseNotting Hill. Infirmary.Hospital of St. John & Elizabeth, Grove Rd.
Smallpox..................
Influenza..................
Scarlet Fever..................
Diphtheria3...............
Typhoid Fever5...............
Diarrhœa4......28...
Erysipelas1.........3...
Pneumonia and Pleurisy7.........3...
Pyaemia..................
Syphilis............1...
Cancer38.........8...
Phthisis & Tuberculosis7.........312
Rheumatism............2...
Apoplexy..................
Paralysis............3...
Bronchitis............212
Asthma..................
Peritonitis..................
Disease of Brain..................
„ Heart............81
„ Kidney..................
„ Liver............2...
„ Uterus..................
„ Ovary..................
Parturition............
Diabetes..................
Fractures and Injuries............1...
Old Age............17...
Low Vitality, Infants..................
Premature Birth...1............
Other causes382...323...
Total*120†4...7131‡5

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* Of the 120 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 98 were those of non-parishioners,
† The 4 deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital were those of non-parishioners.
‡ Four of the 5 deaths in St. John's Hospital were those of non-parishioners.