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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CAUSES OF DEATH. | Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Public Institutions (at all Ages). | ||||||||||||
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All ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | All Souls. | Samaritan Hospital. | Queen Charlotte's Hospital. | Middlesex Hospital. | Workhouse. | |||
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 49 | 11 | 35 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 14 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 6 | |
Scarlet Fever | 10 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
Whooping Cough | 14 | 4 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 12 | 2 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 5 | |
Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Epidemic Influenza. | 22 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 11 | .. | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhoea | 105 | 80 | 14 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 19 | 9 | 14 | 52 | 11 | 19 | |
Enteritis | 17 | 7 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 14 | .. | 3 | |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Other Septic Diseases | 20 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 17 | |
Phthisis | 214 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 172 | 11 | 43 | 26 | 31 | 82 | 32 | 154 | |
Other Tubercular Diseases | 46 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 11 | .. | 12 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 32 | |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 132 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 73 | 54 | 27 | 17 | 26 | 38 | 24 | 171 | |
Bronchitis | 323 | 38 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 98 | 166 | 82 | 29 | 38 | 127 | 47 | 159 | |
Pneumonia | 132 | 29 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 30 | 14 | 19 | 46 | 23 | 52 | |
Pleurisy | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 5 | |
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | |
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 34 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 30 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 26 | |
Venereal Diseases | 20 | 16 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 11 | |
Premature Birth | 40 | 40 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 14 | |
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 | .. | 14 | |
Heart Diseases | 183 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 86 | 77 | 40 | 28 | 23 | 56 | 36 | 81 | |
Accidents | 63 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 34 | |
Suicides | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |
All other causes | 706 | 134 | 26 | 14 | 17 | 240 | 275 | 174 | 102 | 85 | 223 | 122 | 432 | |
All causes | 2172 | 393 | 190 | 55 | 60 | 819 | 655 | 512 | 258 | 302 | 753 | 347 | 1273 | |
*Of these 372 were Non-Parishioners. |