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Marylebone 1903

[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 April, 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 April, 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............
Influenza............
Scarlet Fever............
Diphtheria............
Typhoid Fever............
Diarrhoea......11..
Erysipelas............
Pneumonia and Pleurisy1......1..
Pyæmial..........
Syphilis............
Cancer15..........
Phthisis & Tuberculosis1......18..
Rheumatism............
Apoplexy............
Paralysis........1..
Bronchitis........17..
Asthma............
Peritonitis........1..
Disease of Brain............
Heart3..........
,, Kidney........1..
„ Liver1......1..
„ Uterus............
„ Ovary............
Parturition............
Diabetes............
Fractures and Injuries1..........
Old Age............
Low Vitality, Infants............
Premature Birth..3........
Other causes1121231
Total*34†5**3562‡4

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* Of the 34 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital,,27 were those of non-parishioners,
† The deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital were non-parishioners,
‡The deaths in St. John's Hospital were those of non-parishioners.
** The 3 deaths in the Samaritan Hospital were those of non-parishioners.