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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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Births and Deaths.
During the four weeks ending May 28th there have been registered
210 births and 147 deaths.
These births and deaths are divided among the five sub-districts as set forth in Table IV,
Fifty-seven of the deaths were extra-parochial, as follows:—
| St. Marylebone Infirmary,Notting Hill | 32 |
| North-West Fever Hospital | 2 |
| Western Fever Hospital | 1 |
| St. Mary's Hospital | 3 |
| St. George's Hospital | 1 |
| Children's Hospital, Paddington | 4 |
| University College Hospital | 4 |
| Central London Sick Asylum | 1 |
| French Hospital | 1 |
| Home Hospital, Fitzroy Square | 1 |
| Hanwell Asylum | 2 |
| Cane Hill Asylum | 1 |
| Darenth Asylum | 1 |
| Banstead Asylum | 1 |
| Butchers' Institution, Fulham | 1 |
| Royal Chest Hospital | 1 |
| Total | 57 |
The birth and death-rates, as deduced from the four weeks' statistics, are
as follows:—
All Souls, birth-rate 15.1; death-rate 12.1.
Rectory, birth-rate 17.0 ; death-rate 14.4.
St. Mary, birth-rate 17.9 ; death-rate 14.4.
Christ Church, birth-rate 29.3 ; death-rate 13.5
St. John, birth-rate 18.4 ; death-rate 19.7.
The whole district, birth-rate 20.5 ; death-rate 14.4.
The average death-rates for five years (1899 to 1903) for the corresponding
period were as follows:—All Souls, 13.1; Rectory, 17.2; St. Mary, 17.4;
Christ Church, 18.8 ; St. John, 19.9 ; the whole district, 17.0.