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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 IX.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the thirteen weeks ending March 30th, 1907, 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. | |||
| Measles ... | |||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Croup | |||||||||||||
| Fever | Typhus | ||||||||||||
| Enteric | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Other continued | |||||||||||||
| Epidemic Influenza | 21 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Cholera | |||||||||||||
| Plague | |||||||||||||
| Diarrhœa | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Enteritis | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Other Septic Diseases | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Phthisis | 65 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 41 | ||
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 15 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 12 | |||
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 40 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 68 | |||||
| Bronchitis | 123 | 12 | 4 | 39 | 68 | 24 | 34 | 47 | 18 | 57 | |||
| Pneumonia | 43 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 17 | |
| Pleurisy | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||||||
| Venereal Diseases | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Premature Birth | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Heart Diseases | 56 | 34 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 25 | |||||
| Accidents | 20 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |||
| Suicides | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| All other causes | 206 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 67 | 92 | 33 | 57 | 77 | 30 | 139 | |
| All causes | 640 | 92 | 31 | 11 | 15 | 260 | 231 | 131 | 174 | 229 | 106 | 403* | |
*111 of these were Non-Parishioners.