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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TABLE II.—Giving the Causes of Deaths during the four Weeks ending February 27th, 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 Hospital | Queen Charlotte's Hospital. | Samaritan Hospital. | Workhouse | Notting Hill Infirmary. | Hospital of St. John & Elizabeth Grove Rd. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhoid Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pneumonia and Pleurisy | 1 | 1 | ||||
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. |
Cancer | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. |
Phthisis & Tuberculosis | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
Paralysis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | .. |
Asthma | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Peritonitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Disease of Brain | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
„ Heart | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. |
„ Kidney | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. |
„ Liver | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
„ Uterus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
„ Ovary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Parturition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fractures and Injuries | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
Old Age | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. |
Low Vitality, Infants | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Premature Birth | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Other causes | 7 | 3 | .. | 4 | 3 | .. |
Total | *26 | †3 | .. | 7 | 44 | .. |
* Of the 26 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 21 were those of non-parishioners,
† The 3 deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital were non-parishioners; they were all
infants.