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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 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: TABLE II.— Giving the Causes of Deaths during the five weeks ending

TABLE II.— Giving the Causes of Deaths during the five weeks ending

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............
Erysipelas........l..
Pneumonia and Pleurisy1..........
Pyaemia1..........
Syphilis........1..
Cancer10......21
Phthisis & Tuberculosis4......4..
Rheumatism............
Apoplexy........1..
Paralysis........3..
Bronchitis........5..
Asthma............
Peritonitis............
Disease............
„ Heart........1..
,, Kidney............
Liver........l..
„ Uterus............
„ Ovary............
Parturition..1........
Diabetes............
Fractures and Injuries........l..
Old Age........8..
Low Vitality, Infants............
Premature Birth............
Other causes131..15..
Total353..2341

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* Of the 35 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 31 were those of non-parishioners.
† The 3 deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital were those of non-parishioners.
** The death in St. John's Hospital was that of a non-parishioner.