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Marylebone 1904

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

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TABLE V.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during 1904 (53 weeks), in the Borough of St. Marylebone.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Public Institutions (at all Ages).
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..........................
Measles49113521....14181976
Scarlet Fever10..6....1..2..3326
Whooping Cough14410......411268
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup1225..1....312426
Croup........................2
FeverTyphus..........................
Enteric3..2..1........12..5
Other continued..........................
Epidemic Influenza.22..1....11..26455..
Cholera..........................
Plague..........................
Diarrhoea1058014....3..19914521119
Enteritis17710........3....14..3
Puerperal Fever..........................
Erysipelas81........2......211
Other Septic Diseases203..211316256117
Phthisis21424619172114326318232154
Other Tubercular Diseases4613146211..1261214232
Cancer, Malignant Disease132131..73542717263824171
Bronchitis3233817229816682293812747159
Pneumonia1322932334121301419462352
Pleurisy6....1113212..15
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs5........2311..3..3
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver34........30415376326
Venereal Diseases20163....1..3238411
Premature Birth4040..........103716414
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition11........11..11..7..14
Heart Diseases18331978677402823563681
Accidents63972414171746141234
Suicides12......1832134212
All other causes70613426141724027517410285223122432
All causes217239319055608196555122583027533471273
*Of these 372 were Non-Parishioners.