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Marylebone 1906

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

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Table: TABLE I.SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE MORTALITY DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING NOVEMBER 3rd, 1906, FROM CERTAIN CLASSES OF DISEASE AND PROPORTION TO 1,000 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES:—

TABLE I.

SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE MORTALITY DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING NOVEMBER 3rd, 1906, FROM CERTAIN CLASSES OF DISEASE AND PROPORTION TO 1,000 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES:—

Total Deaths. - 5 weeks ending Nov 3rd, 1906Proportion of the deaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes. 5 weeks ending Nov. 3,1906.Kate per 1,000 of the population.Mean rate per 1,000 population for corresponding period 1896-1905.
1. Deaths from the chief Zymotic Diseases191081.481.58
2. Pulmonary, other than Phthisis251421.952.62
3. Tubercular181021.401.84

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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.
It will be seen by the curve opposite page 106 that
in the early part of October, scarlet fever, diphtheria, and
even enteric fever, all showed a sudden increase; the
number of cases of scarlet fever especially rose far above
the average. This sudden burst of zymotic disease,
however, rapidly subsided, and the notifications fell a
little below a ten years' average.
The Collection of Dust.
The Council will shortly have to deal with the
question of a new contract for the removal of dust from
the south division.
The writer is of opinion that a more frequent collection
than once a week from most of the private houses in
the south division is desirable. The large increase of gas