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 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 I.
SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE MORTALITY DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING NOVEMBER 28TH, 1903, FROM CERTAIN CLASSES OF DISEASE AND PROPORTION TO 1,000 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES
Total Deaths. 4 weeks ending Nov. 28th, 1903. | Proportion ofthedeaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes. 4 weeks ending Nov. 28,1903. | Rate per 1,000 of the population. | Mean rate per 1,000 population for corresponding period 1897-1902. | |
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1. Deaths from the chief Zymotic Diseases | 13 | 87 | 1.30 | 1.46 |
2. Pulmonary, other than Phthisis | 30 | 200 | 2.93 | 3.89 |
3. Tubercular | 25 | 167 | 2.44 | 2.26 |
NOTES.
I. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Influenza,Whooping Cough,
Erysipelas, Croup, Fever, and Diarrhoea.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.