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Marylebone 1903

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

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TABLE II.—Giving the Causes of Deaths during July, 1903, 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 HospitalSamaritan Hospital.WorkhouseNotting Hill Infirmary.Hospital of St. John & Elizabeth Grove Rd.
Smallpox............
Influenza............
Scarlet Fever............
Diphtheria............
Typhoid Fever............
Darrhœa............
Erysipelas5......1..
Pneumonia and Pleurisy2......1..
Pyœmia....1......
Syphilis1..........
Cancer13......3..
Phthisis & Tuberculosis........62
Rheumatism............
Apoplexy............
Paralysis............
Bronchitis1......6..
Asthma............
Peritonitis............
Disease of Brain............
,, Heart5......1..
„ Kidney............
„ Liver......1....
,, Uterus............
,, Ovary............
Parturition............
Diabetes............
Fractures and Injuries.2......1..
Old Age........1..
Low Vitality, Infants............
Premature Birth..3..1....
Other causes1112151
Total*40†4**3325***3

* Of the 40 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 36 were those of non-parishioners.
† Three of the 4 deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital were those of non-parishioners.
** The 3 deaths in the Samaritan Hospital were those of non-parishioners.
*** Two of the 3 deaths in St. John's Hospital were those of non-parishioners.