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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 1907
[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.