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Marylebone 1903

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

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the connection is laid the Town Hall, the Baths and Washhouses,
the Sanitary Offices and the Mortuary will all be in
communication with each other. It was specially important
to unite the Mortuary and Coroner's Court with the system,
because each year a large number of cases of death occur
which require instant removal to the Mortuary.

TABLE II.—Giving the Canses of Deaths during the five Weeks ending January 31st, 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, Netting Hill, W.

Middlesex HospitalQueen Charlotte's Sospital.Samaritan Hospital.WorkhouseNotting Hill Infirmary.Hospital of St. John & Elizabeth, Grove Rd.
Smallpox............
Influenza............
Scarlet Fever............
Diphtheria............
Typhoid Fever............
Diarrhœa............
Erysipelas........2..
Pneumonia and Pleurisy3....22..
Pyæmia............
Syphilis....1......
Cancer10......3..
Phthisis & Tuberculosis8......121
Rheumatism............
Apoplexy............
Paralyasis........2..
Bronchitis1......13..
Asthma............
Peritonitis............
Disease of Brain............
,, Heart2....27..
,, Kidney............
,, Liver............
,, Uterus............
„ Orary............
Parturition..........2..
Diabetes............
Fractures and Injuries3..........
Old Age............
Low Vitality, Infants............
Premature Birth.............
Other causes101..3101
Total*37†1**1753‡2

* Of tlie 37 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 32 were those of non-parishioners,
† The 1 death in Queen Charlotte's Hospital was that of an infant.
† One of the 2 deaths in St. John's Hospital was that of a non-parishioner.
** The death in the Samaritan Hospital was that of a non-parishioner.