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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 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.

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 HospitalQueen Charlotte's HospitalSamaritan Hospital.WorkhouseNotting Hill Infirmary.Hospital of St. John & Elizabeth Grove Rd.
Smallpox............
Influenza............
Scarlet Fever............
Diphtheria............
Typhoid Fever............
diarrhœa......24..
Erysipelas............
Pneumonia and Pleurisy3......4..
Pyaemia............
Syphilis........7..
Cancer29......16..
Phthisis & Tuberculosis8......30..
Rheumatism........1..
Apoplexy........3..
Paralysis........4..
Bronchitis12......39..
Asthma............
Peritonitis........1..
Disease of Brain............
„ Heart8....311..
„ Kidney......311..
„ Liver1..........
„ Uterus............
„ Ovary............
Parturition..3........
Diabetes............
Fractures and Injuries.4......2..
Old Age........10..
Low Vitality, Infants .............
Premature Birth..1..1....
Other causes359..12171
Total*100†13..23154‡5

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* 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.