Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 19.8 ; death-rate 13.6.
Rectory, birth-rate 21.6 ; death-rate 11.8.
St. Mary, birth-rate 28.7: death-rate 16.5.
Christ Church, birth-rate 23.7 ; death-rate 17.4.
St. John, birth-rate 22.2 ; death-rate 16.5.
The whole district, birth-rate 22.9 ; death-rate 15.3.
The average death-rates for five years (1898 to 1902) for the corresponding
period were as follows :—All Souls, 13.7 ; ltectory, 16.7 ; St. Mary, 19.0 ;
Christ Church, 19.7; St. John, 21.3; the whole district, 17.9.
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.
Total Deaths. 4 weeks ending May 30th, 1903. | Proportion ofthedeaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes. 4 weeks ending May 30,1903. | Rate per 1,000 of the population. | Mean rate per 1,000 population for corresponding period 1898-1902. | |
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3. Tubercular | ||||
NOTES.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Influenza,Whooping Cough,
Erysipelas, Croup, Fever, and Diarrhoea.
3. Includes Phthisis, Sorofula, Rickets, and Tabes.