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 IV.—Giving the Causes of Deaths during the March Quarter, 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 | 4 | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pneumonia and Pleurisy | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. |
Pyaemia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. |
Cancer | 29 | .. | .. | .. | 16 | .. |
Phthisis & Tuberculosis | 8 | .. | .. | 30 | .. | |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. |
Paralysis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. |
Bronchitis | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 39 | .. |
Asthma | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Peritonitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Disease of Brain | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
„ Heart | 8 | .. | .. | 3 | 11 | .. |
„ Kidney | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 11 | .. |
„ Liver | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
„ Uterus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
„ Ovary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Parturition | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fractures and Injuries. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
Old Age | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | .. |
Low Vitality, Infants . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Premature Birth | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Other causes | 35 | 9 | .. | 12 | 17 | 1 |
Total | *100 | †13 | .. | 23 | 154 | ‡5 |
* Of the 100 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 71 were those of non-parishioners,
† Twelve of the 13 deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital were non-parishioners.
‡ The 5 deaths in St. John's Hospital were those of non-parishioners.