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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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Table: The following figures have been supplied by the Superintendent of Wharncliffe Gardens in respect to the population of the dwellings:—

The following figures have been supplied by the Superintendent of Wharncliffe Gardens in respect to the population of the dwellings:—

Rooms.adults.children.*total
No. 1 Block250143205348
No. 2 „165137129266
No. 3 „220183147330
No. 4 „220177168345
No. 5 „220187171358
No. 6 „270245l6l406
1,3451,0729812,053

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*The vague expression " children " includes ages up to 12.
The deaths during four years 1899 to 1903 inclusive were
as follows :—
Small Pox 2
Measles 1
Scarlet Fever 1
Diphtheria 7
Diarrhoea 3
Phthisis, and other Tubercular Diseases 5
Cancer 1
Bronchitis, and other chest complaints 7
Premature birth 3
Heart Disease 3
Suicide 1
Other diseases 6
40
This is equivalent to a death-rate of 4.8, or just under 5
per thousand; the death-rate during the same period of the
sub-district of St. John, varied from a minimum of about 18
to a maximum of 22 per thousand.

Table: The infectious diseases notified during the four years were as follows :—

The infectious diseases notified during the four years were as follows :—

Wharncliffe Gardens
Small Pox8
Chicken Pox7
Scarlet Fever73
Typhoid Fever3
Diphtheria24
Croup2
Erysipelas1
118

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This gives a zymotic rate of sickness per thousand living
of 14.3 per thousand, the rate for the sub-district of St. John's
during the same period being 11.8 or practically 12 per
thousand.