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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 five weeks' statistics,
are as follows:—
All Souls, birth-rate 18.8 ; death-rate 13.5.
Rectory, birth-rate 14.7 ; death-rate 13.6.
St. Mary, birth-rate 16.1; death-rate 13.2.
Christ Church, birth-rate 32 7 ; death-rate 15.4.
St. John, birth-rate 13.7; death-rate 19.3.
The whole district, birth-rate 21.1; death-rate 14.9.
The average death-rates for five years (1896 to 1901) for the corresponding
period were as follows :—All Souls, 14.8 ; Rectory, 22.6 ; St. Mary, 18.6 ;
Christ Church, 18.7; St. John, 22.1; the whole district, 19.0.
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. 5 weeks ending May 3rd, 1902. | Proportion of thedeaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes. 5 weeks ending May 3,1902. | Rate per 1,000 of the population. | Mean rate per 1,000 population for corresponding period 1900-1901. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
NOTES.
1, includes Smallpox Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Influenza,Whooping Cough,
Erysipelas, Croup, Fever, and Diarrhoea.
3, includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.