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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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TABLE I.
| Total Deaths. 13 weeks ending June 30th, 1906. | Proportion of the deaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes. 13 weeks ending June 30, 1906. | Rate per 1,000 of the population. | Mean rate per 1,000 population for corresponding period 1896-1905. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 Quarter.
The general mortality of the district keeps below the
average.
The notifications of infectious diseases are also less
than usual.
The Council have taken an important step in the official
recognition of consumption as a preventable disease.
During the ensuing twelve months, should medical men
notify cases of consumption, such notifications will be paid
for at the ordinary rate. This, although as yet imperfectly
known, has already borne fruit; a good many notifications
have recently come in which it is reasonable to believe
would not have been received under any other circumstances.
It must not be supposed that the information is
merely utilised for statistical purposes; each case is
visited, and should the circumstances require it, the case is