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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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The birth and death-rates, as deduced from the fire weeks' statistics
are as follows: —
All Souls, birth-rate 14.4; death-rate 10.3.
Rectory, birth-rate 18.3; death-rate 11.5.
St. Mary, birth-rate 21.3: death-rate 13.8.
Christ Church, birth-rate 27.9; death-rate 19.2.
St. John, birth-rate 18.2; death-rate 12.2.
The whole district, birth-rate 20.4; death-rate 13.9.
The average death-rates for five years (1900 to 1904) for the corresponding
period were as follows:—All Souls, 14.2; Rectory, 15.6; St. Mary, 14.0;
Christ Church, 20.0; St. John, 15.5 ; the whole district, 16.2.
The following table gives, as usual, facilities for comparing the relative
mortality from certain classes of disease and proportion to 1,000 deaths
from all causes.
TABLE I.
SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE MORTALITY DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING MAY 6th, 1905, FROM CERTAIN CLASSES OF DISEASE AND PROPORTION TO 1,000 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES: —
| Total Deaths. 5 weeks ending May 6th, 1905. | Proportion of thedeaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes. 5 weeks ending May 6, 1905. | Rate per 1,000 of the population. | Mean rate per 1,000 population for corresponding period 1900-1904. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Deaths from the chief Zymotic Diseases | 18 | 106 | 1.40 | 1.82 |
| 2. | Pulmonary other than Phthisis | 47 | 264 | 3.57 | 3.61 |
| 3. | Tubercular | 20 | 112 | 1.66 | 2.05 |
NOTES.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Influenza, Whooping Cough
Erysipelas, Croup, Fever, and Diarrhœa.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.