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Marylebone 1903

[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 HospitalQueen Charlotte's Hospital.Samaritan Hospital.WorkhouseNotting Hill Infirmary.Hospital of St. John & Elizabeth Grove Rd.
Smallpox............
Influenza............
Scarlet Fever............
Diphtheria............
Typhoid Fever............
Diarrhoea......21..
Erysipelas............
Pneumonia and Pleurisy2....13..
Pyæmia............
Syphilis.......... ..
Cancer7......4..
Phthisis & Tuberculosis4......7..
Rheumatism........1..
Apoplexy............
Paralysis........3
Bronchitis1......11..
Asthma............
Peritonitis............
Disease of Brain............
,, Heart1......2..
,, Kidney............
„ Liver............
„ Uterus............
,, Ovary............
Parturition............
Diabetes............
Fractures and Injuries1......2..
Old Age........2..
Low Vitality, Infants............
Premature Birth14........
Other causes101257..
Total*27†52843..

* 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.