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 V.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death daring 1903 in the Borough of St. Marylebone.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Deaths in whole D1strict at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all Ages). | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 ami under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | All Souls. | Rectory. | St. Mary. | Chr1st Church. | St. John. | |||
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 32 | 13 | 18 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | 19 | 7 | 5 | |
Scarlet Fever | 15 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 9 | 3 | 12 | |
Whooping Cough | 57 | 26 | 27 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 9 | |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 27 | 1 | 19 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | 9 | 11 | 16 | |
Croup | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | |
Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | .. | 6 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Other continued | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Epidemic Influenza | 18 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | .. | 3 | .. | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhoea | 65 | 47 | 6 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 12 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 11 | 18 | |
Enteritis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Erysipelas | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 6 | 4 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | |
Other Septic Diseases | 22 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 18 | .. | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 23 | |
Phthisis | 241 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 180 | 14 | 71 | 23 | 33 | 78 | 36 | 163 | |
Other Tubercular Diseases | 69 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 19 | 51 | |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 163 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 98 | 61 | 40 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 178 | |
Bronchitis | 275 | 41 | 16 | 1 | 73 | 141 | 50 | 53 | 40 | 106 | 26 | 143 | ||
Pneumonia | 147 | 31 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 16 | 30 | 20 | 17 | 68 | 12 | 48 | |
Pleurisy | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | •• | 1 | |
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | •• | 2 | •• | 1 | |
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 37 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 30 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 18 | |
Venereal Diseases | 13 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
Premature Birth | 61 | 61 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 8 | 31 | |
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 18 | |
Heart Diseases | 174 | 4 | .. | .. | 6 | 101 | 63 | 38 | 27 | 24 | 55 | 30 | 81 | |
Accidents | 83 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 34 | 8 | 42 | |
Suicides | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 10 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 8 | 3 | 8 | |
All other causes | 631 | 131 | 29 | 8 | 20 | 247 | 196 | 123 | 90 | 85 | 210 | 123 | 379 | |
All causes | 2180 | 402 | 212 | 55 | 79 | 887 | 545 | 479 | 306 | 285 | 746 | 364 | *1279 |
* 918 of these were Non-Parishioners.