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Marylebone 1902

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

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TABLE II.— Giving the Causes of Deaths during the four Weeks ending November 29th, 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.WorkhouseNotting Hill. Infirmary.Hospital of St. John & Elizabeth, Grove Rd.
Smallpox..................
Influenza..................
Scarlet lever..................
Diphtheria..................
Typhoid Fever1...............
Diarrhœa..................
Erysipelas..................
Pneumonia and Pleurisy3...............
Pyaemia..................
Syphilis............2...
Cancer18.........1...
Phthisis & Tuberculosis3.........161
Rheumatism..................
Apoplexy..................
Paralysis............4...
Bronchitis1.........8...
Asthma..................
Peritonitis..................
Disease of Brain..................
,, Heart4.........31
„ Kidney..................
„ Liver2...............
„ Uterus..................
„ Ovary..................
Parturition..................
Diabetes..................
Fractures and Injuries1...............
Old Age..................
Low Vitalitv, Infants..................
Premature Birth..................
Other causes52...5102
Total*38†2544‡4

* Of the 38 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 32 were those of non-parishioners.
† The 2 deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital were infants of non-parishioners.
‡ The 4 deaths in St. John's Hospital were those of non-parishioners.