London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
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]
This page requires JavaScript
23
The birth and death-rates, as deduced from the quarter statistics, are
as follows:—
All Souls, birth-rate 18.4; death-rate 14.9.
Rectory, birth-rate 19.1; death-rate 17.3.
St. Mary, birth-rate 21.0; death-rate 16.9.
Christ Church, birth-rate 316; death-rate 23.5.
St. John, birth-rate 21.1; death-rate 21.5.
The whole district, birth-rate 23.3; death-rate 19.2.
The average death-rates for five years (1897 to 1902) for the corresponding
period were as follows:—All Souls, 18.1; Rectory, 28.7; St. Mary, 22.5;
Christ Church, 22.6; St. John, 22.2; the whole district, 22.2.
The following table gives, as usual, facilities for comparing the relative
mortality from certain classes of disease and proportion to 1,000 deaths
from all causes.
TABLE I.
| Total Deaths. 13 weeks ending Mar. 28th, 1903. | Proportion of the deaths to 1.000 deaths from all causes, 13 weeks ending Mar. 28,1903. | Rate per 1,000 of the population. | Mean rate per 1,000 population for corresponding period 1897-1902 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
NOTES.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Influenza,Whooping Cough,
Erysipelas, Croup, Fever, and Diarrhoea.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.