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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]

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Table: TABLE IV.—Giving the Causes of Deaths during March Quarter, at the Middlesex Hospital, Queen Charlotte 'sLying-in Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, the Workhouse, the Hospital of St. John & Elizabeth, and the Marylebone Infirmary, Notting Hill,W.

TABLE IV.—Giving the Causes of Deaths during March Quarter, at the Middlesex Hospital, Queen Charlotte 'sLying-in Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, the Workhouse, the Hospital of St. John & Elizabeth, and the Marylebone Infirmary, Notting 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......34..
Erysipelas........21
Pneumonia and Pleurisy5....35..
Pyæmia........1..
Syphilis....1..1..
Cancer27......9..
Phthisis & Tuberculosis12......312
Rheumatism............
Apoplexy............
Paralysis........6..
Bronchitis4....139..
Asthma............
Peritonitis............
Disease of Brain............
„ Heart4....3..1
„ Kidney............
„ Liver......1....
„ Uterus............
„ Ovary............
Parturition..1........
Diabetes............
Fractures and Injuries5......6..
Old Age........4..
Low Vitality, Infants............
Premature Birth26........
Other causes252211242
Total*84†9**322142‡6

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* Of the 84 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 63 were those of non-parishioners.
† Eight of the 9 deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital were those of infants, and nonparishioners.
‡ Four of the 6 deaths in St. John's Hospital were those of non-parishioners.
** Two of the 3 deaths in the Samaritan Hospital were those of non-parishioners.