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Marylebone 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE I.
SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE MORTALITY DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING NOVEMBER 1
| Total Deaths. 5 weeks ending Nov. 1st, 1902. | Proportion ofthedeaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes. 5 weeks ending Nov. 1,1902. | Rate per 1,000 of the population. | Mean rate per 1,001 population for corresponding period 1896-1901. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Deaths from the chief Zymotic Diseases | 26 | 114 | 2.02 | 2.12 |
| 2. Pulmonary, other than Phthisis | 51 | 222 | 3.98 | 2.55 |
| 3. Tubercular | 26 | 114 | 2.02 | 1.91 |
NOTES.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Influenza, Whooping Cough
Erysipelas, Croup, Fever, and Diarrhoea.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
Health of the District.
Zymotic diseases generally have diminished; scarletfever
in particular (see curve opposite page 122,) which during
September threatened to become epidemic, has nowdecreased
below the average.
Small-pox is still absent. A single case which was
reported and sent to Hospital turned out to be Chicken
Pox.
Notification of Chicken Pox.
A communication was sent from the Borough Council
on the recommendation of the Public Health Committee,
suggesting that the compulsory notification of Chicken Pox
was no longer necessary, seeing that the epidemic of Smallpox
had subsided. The London County Council have,
however, not acceded to this suggestion, but have extended
the period for the notification of Chicken Pox for a further
period of two months.