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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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The birth and death-rates, as deduced from the four weeks' statistics
are as follows :—
All Souls, birth-rate 15-8; death-rate 14-7.
Rectory, birth-rate 15-7 ; death-rate 17"7.
St. Marv, birth-rate 25'1 : death-rate 144.
Christ Church, birth-rate 27'2 ; death-rate 18'4
St. John, birth-rate 15'3 ; death-rate 18-5.
The whole district, birth-rate 20'9; death-rate 16'8.
The average death-rates for five years (1900 to 1904) for the corresponding
period were as follows:—-All Souls, 13-7 ; Rectory, 16*6; St. Mary, 16*7;
Christ Church,-21-5 ; St. John, 15'9 ; the whole district, 16-9.
The following table gives, as usual, facilities for Comparing the relative
mortality from certain classes or disease and proportion to 1,000 deaths
from all causes. •<- - —
Births and Deaths.
These births and deaths are divided among the five sub-districts as set forth in Table IV. Seventy-six of the deaths were extra-parochial as follows :—
| St. Marylebone Infirmary, Notting Hill | 49 |
| North-Western Hospital | 4 |
| St. Mary's Hospital | 1 |
| St. George's Hospital | 2 |
| Children's Hospital, Paddington | 1 |
| University College Hospital | 1 |
| West London Hospital | 1 |
| Westminster Hospital | 1 |
| London County Asylum, Norwood | 1 |
| Hanwell Asylum | 1 |
| Banstead Asylum | 3 |
| Cane Hill Asylum | 1 |
| Colney Hatch Asylum | 1 |
| Friern Barnet Asylum | 1 |
| Darenth Asylum | 1 |
| New Hospital for Women | 1 |
| Royal Hospital for Incurables, Wandsworth | 1 |
| St. Pancras Infirmary | 1 |
| Queen's Jubilee Hospital,Brompton | 1 |
| H.M. Prison. Pentonville | 1 |
| St. Ann's House, Stoke Newington | 1 |
| In the Streets | 1 |
| Total | 76 |