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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 1906

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

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The average death-rates for ten years (1896 to 1905) for the corresponding
period were as follows:—All Souls, 13.5; St. Mary, 16.9; Christ Church,
20.0; St. John, 18.8; the whole district, 17.1.
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 JUNE 2ND, 1906, FROM CERTAIN CLASSES OF DISEASE ANDPROPORTION TO 1,000 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES:-

TABLE I.

SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE MORTALITY DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING JUNE 2ND, 1906, FROM CERTAIN CLASSES OF DISEASE ANDPROPORTION TO 1,000 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES:-

Total Deaths. 4 weeks ending June 2nd, 1906.Proportion of the deaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes. 4 weeks ending June 2, 1906.Rate per 1,000 of the population.Mean rate per 1,000 population for corresponding period 1896-1905.
1. Deaths from the chief Zymotic Diseases10720.92.1
2. Pulmonary, other than Phthisis221592.13.9
3. Tubercular13941.31.9

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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.
The district continues to show excellent health records,
with the exception that, as shown by the curve, there is a
considerable excess in the notifications of scarlet fever.
The hot dry weather has also produced an unusual
excess of complaints as to offensive odours from accumulations
of manure.
The inspectors are directing special attention to this