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Marylebone 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table VI. may also be referred to; in that table a theoretical
correction has been made for presumed decrease of population;
the difference in the Death-rate is only fractional
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 FIFTY-TWO WEEKS ENDING DECEMBER 30th, 1905, FROM CERTAIN CLASSES OF DISEASE AND PROPORTION TO 1,000 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES:–
| Total Deaths. 52 weeks ending Dec. 30th, 1905. | Proportion of the deaths to 1.OOO deaths from all causes. 52 weeks ending Dec. 30th, 1905. | Rate per 1,000 of the population. | Mean rate per 1,000 population for corresponding period 1895-1904. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Deaths from the chief Zymotic Diseases | 174 | 85 | 134 | 1-24 |
| 2. Pulmonary, other than Phthsis | 458 | 226 | 3.54 | 4.12 |
| 3. Tubercular | 248 | 122 | 1.92 | 2.15 |
NOTES.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Influenza, Whooping
Cough, Erysipelas, Croup, Fever, and Diarrhoea.
3. Includes Phthsis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
SCARLET FEVER.
279 cases of scarlet fever were notified. 84 % of these were
treated in hospital. The 279 cases yielded 15 deaths, which
gives a case mortality of 5.34 %. This is higher than the case
mortality of 1903 and of 1904. In both of those years it was
under 4%. On the other hand, the number of cases per 1,000
of the population was lower than usual, only amounting to 2'0
per 1,000, or if the incidence be calculated upon the child population
(children under 13), then the rate is 10.9 per 1,000, as
compared with 18 per 1,000 in 1904. Hence, although scarlet
fever seems to have been slightly more fatal, the number affected