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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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Births and Deaths.
The birth and death-rates, as deduced from the three months' statistics
are as follows :—
All Souls, birth-rate 15.4; death-rate 10.4.
Rectory, birth-rate 17.5; death-rate 10.5.
St. Mary, birth-rate 19.6; death-rate 12.8.
Christ Church, birth-rate 24 .7; death-rate 15.4.
St. John, birth-rate 16.1; death-rate 11.2.
The whole district, birth-rate 19.2; death-rate 12.4.
The average death-rates for five years (1899 to 1904) for the corresponding
period were as follows:—All Souls, 12.3; Rectory, 12.2; St. Mary. 14.8;
Christ Church, 19.1; St. John, 15.2; the whole district, 14.8.
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.
NOTES.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Influenza, Whooping Cough
Erysipelas, Croup, Fever, and Diarrhœa.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.