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Marylebone 1902

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

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Table: TABLE III.— Giving the Causes of Deaths during the 14 Weeks ending March 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.

TABLE III.— Giving the Causes of Deaths during the 14 Weeks ending March 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............1...
Influenza1...............
Scarlet Fever.....................
Diphtheria1.....................
Typhoid Fever1.........1...
Diarrhœa1...............
Erysipelas1.........2...
Pneumonia and Pleurisy111...10...
Pyœmia1...1.........
Syphilis............1...
Cancer39...2...91
Phthisis & Tuberculosis7......1265
Rheumatism1.........1...
Apoplexy.........11...
Paralysis............7...
Bronchitis11......8421
Asthma.........2......
Peritonitis31......1...
Disease of Brain.........1......
„ Heart10......2192
„ Kidney............1...
„ Liver2.........1...
„ Uterus......1.........
Ovary..................
Parturition..................
Diabetes..................
Fractures and Injuries.3......17...
Old Age............10...
Low Vitality, Infants...l............
Premature Birth31......
Other causes26116231
Total*119†7‡62316310

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* Of the 119 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 88 were those of non-parishioners.
† Four of the 7 deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital were those of non-parishioners.
‡ Five of the 6 deaths in the Samaritan Hospital were those of non-parishioners,
‡ Six of the 10 deaths in St. John's Hospital were those of non-parishioners.