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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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Table: TABLE II.—Giving the Causes of Deaths during the month of May, 1905, 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 II.—Giving the Causes of Deaths during the month of May, 1905, 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 Hospital.Samaritan Hospital.WorkhouseNotting Hill Infirmary.Hospital of St. John & Elizabeth Grove Rd
Smallpox............
Influenza............
Scarlet Fever............
Diphtheria............
Typhoid Fever1..........
Diarrhœa........1..
Erysipelas............
Pneumonia and Pleurisy1.......4..
Pyæmia....1......
Syphilis............
Cancer5......21
Phthisis & Tuberculosis2......15..
Rheumatism............
Apoplexy........5..
Apoplexy............
Bronchitis........8..
Asthma............
Peritonitis............
Disease of Brain............
„ Heart1......1..
„ Kidney........1..
„ Liver12
„ Uterus............
„ Ovary............
Parturition............
Diabetes............
Fractures and Injuries1..........
Old Age..........3..
Low Vitality, Infants............
Premature Birth..1........
Other causes92..29••
Total*21t3**1351***1

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* Of the 21 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 14 were those of non-parishioners.
† The 3 deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital were those of non-parishioners.
** The death in the Samaritan Hospital was that of a non-parishioner.
***The death in the Hospital of St. John's was that of non-parishioners.