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Marylebone 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE IX.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the thirteen weeks ending March -31st, 1906, in the Borough of St. Marylebone.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all Ages j) | 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 . | 9 | 1 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 7 | ... | ... | |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | .1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | |
| Whooping Cough | 7 | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Croup . | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Fever | Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other continued | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diarrhoea | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | |
| Enteritis | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Puerperal fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | |
| Other Septic Diseases. | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Phthisis | 56 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 42 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 54 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases . | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease . | 36 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 39 | |
| Bronchitis | 69 | 10 | 1 | ... | 1 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 35 | |
| Pneumonia | 35 | 9 | 6 | ... | ... | 13 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 12 | |
| Pleurisy | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Venereal Diseases | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Premature Birth | 12 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Heart Diseases | 47 | 2 | .... | ... | 1 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 15 | |
| Accidents | 15 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 15 | |
| Suicides | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 5 | |
| All other causes | 165 | 31 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 53 | 67 | 40 | 46 | 45 | 34 | 105 | |
| All causes | 503 | 86 | 30 | 9 | 17 | 214 | 147 | 107 | 146 | 160 | 90 | 309 | |
*75 of these were Nun-Parishioners.