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 May, 1904, at the Middlesex Hospital, Queen Charlotte 's Lying-in Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, the Workhouse, the Hospital of St. John and Elizabeth, and the Marylebone Infirmary, Notting Hill, W.
Middlesex Hospital | Queen Charlotte's Hospital. | Samaritan Hospital. | Workhouse | Notting Hill Infirmary. | Hospital of St. John & Elizabeth Grove Rd. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Influenza | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhoid Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhosa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pneumonia and Pleurisy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cancer | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 1 |
Phthisis & Tuberculosis | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 |
Rheumatism | ||||||
Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Paralysis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | .. |
Asthma | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Peritonitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Disease of Brain | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Heart | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. |
Kidney | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
,, Liver | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
,, Uterus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
„ Ovary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Parturition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fractures and Injuries | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Old Age | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. |
Low Vitality, Infants | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Premature Birth | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other causes | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. |
Total | *34 | †11 | **1 | 5 | 32 | ***2 |
* Of the 34 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 30 were those of non-parishioners,
† Ten of the 11 deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital were those of non-parishioners.
** The 1 death in the Samaritan Hospital was that of a non-parishioner.
*** The 2 deaths in St. John's Hospital were those of non-parishioners.