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Marylebone 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

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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: TABLE I.SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE MORTALITY DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING MARCH 4TH, 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 MARCH 4TH, 1905, FROM CERTAIN CLASSES OF DISEASE AND PROPORTION TO 1,000 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES: -

Total Deaths. 4 weeks ending Mar. 4th, 1905.Proportion of the deaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes. 4 weeks ending Mar. 4,1905.Rate per 1,000 of the population.Mean rate per 1,000 population for corresponding period 1900-1904.
1. Deaths from the chief Zymotic Diseases15801.472.26
2. Pulmonary, other than Phthisis562995.475.23
3. Tubercular211122.052.43

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NOTES.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Influenza, Whooping Cough,
Erysipelas, Croup, Fever, and Diarrhœa.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
Health of the District during the month of February.
The health of the district generally compares favourably
with the corresponding seasons of previous years save
in a slight increase of fatal pulmonary complaints. This is
apparently due to a wide diffusion of a species of catarrh
probably the direct descendant of the serious epidemic of
true influenza which prevailed in 1890-92, and since that
period has reappeared in a modified form during the winter
seasons.