Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VIII.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the four weeks ending March 30th, 1907, in the Borough of St. Mat-ylebone.
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 | |||||||||||||
Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Whooping Cough | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Croup | |||||||||||||
Fever | Typhus | ||||||||||||
Enteric | |||||||||||||
Other continued | |||||||||||||
Epidemic influenza | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
Cholera | |||||||||||||
Plague | |||||||||||||
Diarrhœa | |||||||||||||
Enteritis | |||||||||||||
Puerperal fever | |||||||||||||
Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Other Septic Diseases | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||
Phthisis | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 | |||
Other Tubercular Diseases | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 12 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | ||||||
Bronchitis | 31 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 14 | ||||
Pneumonia | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 9 | |||
Pleurisy | |||||||||||||
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Venereal Diseases | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Premature Birth | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | |||||||||||||
Heart Diseases | 20 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | ||||||
Accidents | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||
Suicides | |||||||||||||
All other causes | 58 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 42 | |||
All causes | 194 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 90 | 58 | 46 | 48 | 69 | 31 | 132* |
31 of those were Non-Parishioners.