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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 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.

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 HospitalQueen Charlotte's Hospital.Samaritan Hospital.WorkhouseNotting Hill Infirmary.Hospital of St. John & Elizabeth Grove Rd.
Smallpox............
Influenza............
Scarlet Fever............
Diphtheria............
Typhoid Fever..........
Diarrhœa........2..
Erysipelas............
Pneumonia and Pleurisy11
Pyæmia............
Syphilis........4..
Cancer9......7..
Phthisis & Tuberculosis3......3..
Rheumatism........1..
Apoplexy........2..
Paralysis............
Bronchitis5....17..
Asthma............
Peritonitis........1..
Disease of Brain............
„ Heart1....15..
„ Kidney........3..
„ Liver............
„ Uterus............
„ Ovary............
Parturition............
Diabetes............
Fractures and Injuries........2..
Old Age........3..
Low Vitality, Infants............
Premature Birth......1....
Other causes73..43..
Total*26†3..744..

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* 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.