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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 V.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during 1902, in the Borough
of St. Marylebone.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all Ages.) | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | All Souls. | Rectory. | St. Mary. | Christ Church. | St. John. | |||
| Smallpox | 23 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ... | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | |
| Measles | 36 | 26 | 50 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 15 | 17 | 38 | 7 | 1 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 14 | 2 | 9 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | |
| Whooping Cough | 16 | 5 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 27 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | ... | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | |
| Croup | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Fever | Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric | 14 | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 8 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 | |
| Other continued | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Epidemic influenza | 35 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | 14 | ... | 6 | ... | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diarrhœa | 80 | 62 | 12 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 15 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 12 | 22 | |
| Enteritis | 5 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 | |
| Puerperal fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | 7 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Other Septic Diseases | 23 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Phthisis | 225 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 162 | 29 | 59 | 31 | 28 | 71 | 36 | 126 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 75 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 15 | 20 | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 146 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 91 | 55 | 42 | 25 | 20 | 30 | 29 | 175 | |
| Bronchitis | 345 | 39 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 98 | 173 | 72 | 74 | 48 | 105 | 46 | 116 | |
| Pneumonia | 185 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 85 | 31 | 49 | 28 | 26 | 53 | 29 | 81 | |
| Pleurisy | 6 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 13 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 4 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Alcoholism | 45 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 39 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 13 | |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | ||||||||||||||
| Venereal Diseases | 17 | 11 | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | |
| Premature Birth | 52 | 52 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 15 | |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 6 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Heart Diseases | 229 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 125 | 85 | 56 | 29 | 30 | 76 | 38 | 90 | |
| Accidents | 69 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 28 | |
| Suicides | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ||
| All other causes | 701 | 134 | 31 | 7 | 20 | 253 | 256 | 116 | 100 | 95 | 170 | 302 | ||
| All causes | 2458 | 434 | 224 | 64 | 86 | ... | 679 | 503 | 387 | 334 | 775 | 459 | *1089 | |
* 392 of these deaths were Non-Parishioners.