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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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APPENDIX III.
Table showing deaths from certain specified diseases for the year ending 28th December, 1907.
| 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 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 2 | 5 | ... | 3 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 19 | ... | 9 | 7 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 11 | |
| Whooping Cough | 38 | 11 | 26 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 5 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 13 | 2 | 8 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | |
| Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Fever | Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | |
| Other continued | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 27 | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diarrhœa | 25 | 14 | 7 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 13 | |
| Enteritis | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 1 | 2 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | |
| Erysipelas | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | 8 | |
| Other Septic Diseases | 18 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |
| Phthisis | 179 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 140 | 18 | 42 | 16 | 64 | 27 | 125 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 50 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 48 | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 146 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 84 | 61 | 41 | 13 | 32 | 30 | 192 | |
| Bronchitis | 237 | 29 | 17 | 2 | ... | 73 | 116 | 53 | 60 | 89 | 35 | 111 | |
| Pneumonia | 143 | 32 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 54 | 19 | 32 | 39 | 58 | 14 | 69 | |
| Pleurisy | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 41 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 38 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 33 | |
| Venereal Diseases | 9 | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 6 | ... | 8 | |
| Premature Birth | 37 | 37 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 17 | |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 6 | |
| Heart Diseases | 190 | 1 | ... | 4 | 4 | 108 | 73 | 41 | 57 | 62 | 30 | 81 | |
| Accidents | 46 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 33 | |
| Suicides | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| All other causes | 659 | 98 | 29 | 6 | 16 | 228 | 282 | 120 | 181 | 222 | 136 | 446 | |
| All causes | 1,931 | 264 | 160 | 47 | 44 | 808 | 608 | 415 | 510 | 683 | 323 | 1240 | |