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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 I.SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE MORTALITY DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING OCT. 28th, 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 OCT. 28th, 1905, FROM CERTAIN CLASSES OF DISEASE AND PROPORTION TO 1,000 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES: -

Total Deaths. 4 weeks ending Oct. 28th, 1905.Proportion of the deaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes. 4 weeks ending Oct. 28, 1905.Rate per 1,000 of the population.Mean rate per 1,000 population for corresponding period 1900-1904.
1. Deaths from the chief ZymoticDiseases7480.681.67
2. Pulmonary, other than Phthisis322193.132.43
3. Tubercular161091.561.94

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NOTES.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Influenza,Whooping Cough
Erysipelas, Croup, Fever, and Diarrhoea.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
Health of the District during the month.
The dry fine October has been exceptionally healthy, not
only has the death rate been low, but there was in the
first week a sharp fall in the notifications for Scarlet Fever,
followed by a fall in the number of cases of Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever has also been practically absent
Prosecution under the Public Health Act.
The owner of 23, Foley Street was summoned for disobedience
to a Council order to re-drain the premises.
The magistrate finding the work was in hand adjourned the
case sine die.