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Marylebone 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VI.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the fifty-two weeks ending December 29th, 1906, in the Borough of St. Marylebone.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all Ages ) | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | All Souls. | St. Mary. | Christ Church. | St. John. | |||
| Smallpox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Measles | 42 | 8 | 32 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 11 | 26 | 1 | 3 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 14 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |
| Whooping Cough | 11 | 6 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | 4 | ... | 3 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 12 | ... | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |
| Croup | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Fevers | Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | |
| Other continued | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 22 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ... | |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diarrhœa | 65 | 40 | 17 | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 29 | 8 | 14 | |
| Entertis | 24 | 15 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | 9 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ... | 7 | |
| Other Septic Diseases | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 36 | |
| Phthisis | 197 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 150 | 13 | 36 | 64 | 73 | 24 | 131 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 47 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 51 | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 138 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 86 | 51 | 29 | 45 | 35 | 29 | 172 | |
| Bronchitis | 202 | 25 | 1 | ... | 1 | 51 | 121 | 45 | 52 | 73 | 32 | 100 | |
| Pneumonia | 123 | 21 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 59 | 12 | 48 | |
| Pleurisy | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | 4 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 42 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 37 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 22 | |
| Venereal Diseases | 15 | 13 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Premature Birth | 43 | 43 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 16 | |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturitior. | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 5 | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Heart Diseases | 162 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 88 | 53 | 34 | 43 | 57 | 28 | 75 | |
| Accidents | 44 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 41 | |
| Suicides | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14 | ... | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| All other causes | 664 | 122 | 25 | 13 | 27 | 215 | 262 | 150 | 206 | 197 | 111 | 447 | |
| All causes | 1931 | 322 | 163 | 43 | 68 | 769 | 566 | 408 | 556 | 652 | 315 | 1229* | |
*334 of these were Non-Parishioners,