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Marylebone 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Total Deaths. 5weeks ending July 30th, 1904. | Proportion of the deaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes. 5 weeks ending July 30,1904. | Rate per 1,000 of the population. | Mean rate per 1,000 population for corresponding period 1899-1903. | |
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NOTES.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Influenza, Whooping Cough,
Erysipelas, Croup, Fever, and Diarrhoea.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
Health of the District.
The brilliant hot summer weather has had the usual
effect of increasing adult health generally ; chest diseases,
the infectious fevers, and tubercular affections all being
inhibited or benefited by the disinfecting and germicidal
action of the sun, aided by the abundant ventilation of
constant open windows. On the other hand fatal diarrhoea
has appeared among infants; the fact that the fatal cases
occur in the greatest proportion in the poorest and dirtiest
localities shows the intimate connection of infantile diarrhoea
with hygienic conditions.
Report of the St. Marylebone delegate to the Sanitary
Congress—Glasgow, 1904.
The appointment of a delegate or delegates to a
Congress is of small utility unless a report be furnished
to the authority represented embodying observations of
practical results achieved in the locality visited, or of any
suggestions as to administration derived from papers or
discussions.