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 II.—Giving the Causes of Deaths during the four Weeks ending February 28th, 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, Not ting Hill, W.
Middlesex Hospital | Queen Charlotte's Hospital. | Samaritan Hospital. | Workhouse | Notting Hill Infirmary. | Hospital of St. John & Elizabeth Grove Rd. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhoid Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhoea | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pneumonia and Pleurisy | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Phthisis & Tuberculosis | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Paralysis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Bronchitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | .. |
Asthma | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Peritonitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Disease of Brain | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
,, Heart | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
,, Kidney | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
„ Liver | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
„ Uterus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
,, Ovary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Parturition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fractures and Injuries | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
Old Age | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
Low Vitality, Infants | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Premature Birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other causes | 10 | 1 | 5 | .. | ||
Total | †5 | 2 | .. |
* Of the 27 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 25 were those of non-parishioners.
† Four of the 5 deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital were those of non-parishioners;
they were all infants.