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Marylebone 1904

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

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TABLE IV.—Giving the Causes of Deaths during 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 HospitalQueen Charlotte's Hospital.Samaritan Hospital.WorkhouseNotting Hill Infirmary.Hospital of St. John & Elizabeth Grove Rd.
Smallpox..................
Influenza1...............
Scarlet Fever..................
Diphtheria..................
Typhoid Fever2.........2...
Diarrhoea1......312...
Erysipelas............2...
Pneumonia and Pleurisy25.........16...
Pyaemia2...1...1...
Syphilis............14...
Cancer131.........422
Phthisis & Tuberculosis30...1...10516
Rheumatism............1...
Apoplexy............13...
Paralysis............26...
Bronchitis23...47112...
Asthma............1...
Peritonitis..................
Disease of Brain..................
„ Heart27341135...
„ Kidney............5...
„ Liver7.........6...
„ Uterus..................
,, Ovary..................
Parturition...5............
Diabetes..................
Fractures and Injuries21......115...
Old Age............32...
Low Vitality, Infants..................
Premature Birth...13...1......
Other causes12923723925
Total*399**44***1746532†24
* Of the 399 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 297 were those of non-parishioners.
** 39 of the 44 deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital were those of non-parishioners.
*** 12 of the 17 deaths in the Samaritan Hospital were those of non-parishioners.
† 21 of the 24 deaths in the Hospital of St. John were non-parishioners.