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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 1903

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

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The average death-rates for five years (1898 to 1902) for the corresponding
period were as follows All Souls, 13.1; Rectory, 14.7; St. Mary, 15.1;
Christ Church, 17.4; St. John, 16.3; the whole district, 15.3.
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: TABLE I.SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE MORTALITY DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING OCTOBER 31ST, 1903, FROM CERTAIN CLASSES OF DISEASE AND PROPORTION TO 1,000 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES:—

TABLE I.

SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE MORTALITY DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING OCTOBER 31ST, 1903, FROM CERTAIN CLASSES OF DISEASE AND PROPORTION TO 1,000 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES:—

Total Deaths. 5 weeks ending Oct. 31st, 1903.Proportion ofthedeaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes. 5 weeks ending Oct. 31,1903.Rate per 1,000 of the population.Mean rate per 1,000 population for corresponding period 1898-1902.
1. Deaths from the chief Zymotic Diseases191031.482.20
2. Pulmonary, other than Phthisis311692.422.75
3. Tubercular271452.112.05

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NOTES.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Influenza,Whooping Cough,
Erysipelas, Croup, Fever, and Diarrhœa.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.