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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 CAUSES OF DEATH IN ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS OF ST. MARYLEBONE DURING 1905.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths at subjoined Ages. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | |
| Measles | 5 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Diarrhoea | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Phthisis & Tubercular Affections | 9 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 6 | – |
| Cancer | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Bronchitis | 11 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 6 | 2 |
| Pneumonia & Pleurisy | 10 | 2 | 3 | – | – | 4 | 1 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Premature Birth | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | |
| Heart Diseases | 4 | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | |
| Other Causes | 15 | 3 | – | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 73 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 5 | |
The death-rate on these figures comes out for the year at
the remarkable low rate of 8.5 per thousand. Without a doubt
if the death-rate was dissected up and each dwelling taken
separately great differences would be found; the older type of
artisans' dwellings, as shown in the report for 1903, having a
higher rate than the newer type. The broad fact, however,
remains that the population living in the artisans' dwellings in
the district showed for 1905 a low death-rate, and of those that
died 287% were children under five years of age and about
7% of the deaths were old persons over 60 years of age. These
low rates are not to be ascribed entirely to ample cubic space or
to exceptional healthiness of dwelling, but one of the favourable
influences is that the population is a selected one. There is a
certain amount of competition to get into the dwellings, and