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Marylebone 1902

[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..
Influenza1..........
Scarlet Fever..........
Diphtheria6..........
Typhoid Fever7......1..
Diarrhœa5....313..
Ervsipelas5......7..
Pneumonia and Pleurisy311..229..
Pyaemia1......1..
Syphilis........9..
Cancer150..3..275
Phthisis & Tuberculosis25....112212
Rheumatism1......3..
Apoplexy......17..
Paralysis........26..
Bronchitis27....101115
Asthma......2....
Peritonitis31....1..
Disease of Brain............
,, Heart401..6484
,, Kidney........2..
,, Liver6......5..
„ Uterus....1......
,, Ovary............
Parturition............
Diabetes............
Fractures and Injuries12....310..
Old Age........43..
Low Vitality, Infants..l........
Premature Birth11691......
Other causes..13526908
Total*436†26‡1155556§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.