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 IV.—Giving the Causes of Deaths during the 53 Weeks ending December 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, W.
Middle- sex Hospital. | Queen Charlotte's Hospital. | Samaritan Hospital. | Work-house. | Notting Hill Infirm'ry. | Hospital of St. John & Elizabeth, Grove Road. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Influenza | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhoid Fever | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Diarrhœa | 5 | .. | .. | 13 | .. | |
Ervsipelas | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Pneumonia and Pleurisy | 31 | 1 | .. | 29 | .. | |
Pyaemia | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. |
Cancer | 150 | .. | 3 | .. | 27 | 5 |
Phthisis & Tuberculosis | 25 | .. | .. | 1 | 122 | 12 |
Rheumatism | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. |
Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | .. |
Paralysis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 26 | .. |
Bronchitis | 27 | .. | .. | 10 | 111 | 5 |
Asthma | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. |
Peritonitis | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Disease of Brain | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
,, Heart | 40 | 1 | .. | 6 | 48 | 4 |
,, Kidney | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
,, Liver | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. |
„ Uterus | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
,, Ovary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Parturition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fractures and Injuries | 12 | .. | .. | 3 | 10 | .. |
Old Age | .. | .. | .. | .. | 43 | .. |
Low Vitality, Infants | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Premature Birth | 116 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Other causes | .. | 13 | 5 | 26 | 90 | 8 |
Total | *436 | †26 | ‡11 | 55 | 556 | §34 |
* Of the 436 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 33 were those of non-parishioners.
† The 21 of the 26 deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital were those of non-parishioners.
‡ 10 of the 11 deaths in the Samaritan Hospital were those of non-parishioners
§ 27 of the 34 deaths in St. John's Hospital were those of non-parishioners.