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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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The birth and death-rates, as deduced from the month's statistics, are
as follows:—
All Souls, birth-rate 15.2 ; death-rate 16.4.
Rectory, birth-rate 21.1; death-rate 31.2.
St. Mary, birth-rate 27'9 ; death-rate 32.5.
Christ Church, birth-rate 30 8 ; death-rate 24.5.
St. John, birth-rate 34.6; death-rate 34.6.
The whole district, birth-rate 23.0 ; death-rate 24.5.
The average death-rates for five years (1896 to 1901) for the corresponding
period were as follows :—All Souls, 18.0 ; Eectory, 26.0 ; St. Mary, 21.6 ;
Christ Church, 20.4; St. John, 23.4; the whole district, 21.3.
The following table gives, as usual, facilities for comparing the relative
mortality from certain classes of disease and proportion to 1,000 deaths
from all causes:
TABLE I.
| Total Deaths. 14 weeks ending Mar. 29th, 1902. | Proportion of the deaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes. 14 weeks ending Mar. 29,1902. | Rate per 1,000 of the population. | Mean rate per 1,000 population for corresponding period 1896-1901. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
NOTES.
1, includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Influenza,Whooping Cough,
Erysipelas, Croup, Fever, and Diarrhoea.
3, includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.