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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TABLE III.— Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the 4 weeks ending June 27th, 1903, in the Borough of St. Marylebone.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all Ages). | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and tinder 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | All Souls. | Rectory. | St. Mary. | Christ Church. | St. John. | |||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Epidemic Influenza | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Other Septic Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Phthisis | 21 | .. | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | ||
Other Tubercular Diseases | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 21 | |
Bronchitis | 11 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .. | 10 | |
Pneumonia | 12 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | .. | 5 | .. | 2 | |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Venereal Diseases | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Premature Birth | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Heart Diseases | 10 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
Accidents | 8 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
Suicides | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
All other causes | 52 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 6 | 39 | |
All causes | 157 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 63 | 38 | 43 | 28 | 21 | 44 | 21 | 115 |
•37 of these were non-parishioners.