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Marylebone 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

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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: TABLE I.SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE MORTALITY DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING JUNE 3rd, 1905, FROM CERTAIN CLASSES OF DISEASE AND PROPORTION TO 1,000 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES:—

TABLE I.

SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE MORTALITY DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING JUNE 3rd, 1905, FROM CERTAIN CLASSES OF DISEASE AND PROPORTION TO 1,000 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES:—

Total Deaths. 4 weeks ending June 3rd, 1905.Proportion of thedeaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes. 4 weeks ending June 3, 1905.Rate per 1,000 of the population.Mean rate per 1,000 population for corresponding period 1900-1904.
1. Deaths from the chief Zymotic15821.471.38
2. Pulmonary, other than Phthisis331823.223.64
3. Tubercular231272.292.12

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NOTES.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Influenza, Whooping Cough
Erysipelas, Croup, Fever, and Diarrhœa.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
Health of the District.
The health of the District during the exceptionally mild
dry and sunny May has continued good save for a widespread
epidemic of measles; this has raised the mortality for
infectious diseases slightly above the average.