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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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STATISTICS. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.
1909.
| 4 wks. 30th Jan | 4 wks. 27th Feb | 5 wks. 3rd Apr | 4 wks. 1st May | 4 wks. 29th May | 5 wks. 3rd July | 4 wks. 4 wks. 31st July 28th Aug | 5 wks. 4 wks 2nd Oct, 30th Oct | 4 wks, 27th Nov | 5 wks. 1st Jan. 1910. | 13 wks. 3rd Apr | 13 wks. 3rd July | 13 wks. 2nd Oct. | 13 wks. 1st Jan 1910. | 52 wks. 1st Jan 1910 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births Corrected | 182 | 217 | 247 | 211 | 183 | 231 | 199 | 157 | 228 | 215 | 214 | 250 | 646 | 621 | 584 | 679 | 2530 |
| Deaths | 161 | 204 | 286 | 145 | 130 | 142 | 101 | 85 | 137 | 93 | 145 | 220 | 651 | 417 | 323 | 458 | 1849 |
| Birth Rate per 1000 of pop. | 18.7 | 22.3 | 20.3 | 21.7 | 18.8 | 18.2 | 20.51 | 16.18 | 18.81 | 22.2 | 22.06 | 20.62 | 20.47 | 19.36 | 18.51 | 21.52 | 19.98 |
| Death ,, ,, | 17.6 | 22.3 | 25.1 | 15.9 | 14.2 | 12.4 | 11.08 | 9.33 | 12.02 | 10.3 | 15.92 | 19.31 | 21.93 | 14.05 | 10.88 | 15.43 | 15.53 |
| Zymotic Diseases number | 9 | 10 | 22 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 27 | 22 | 23 | 113 |
| Death Rate per 1000 of pop. | .98 | 1.09 | 1.93 | .65 | 1.42 | .70 | .43 | 1.31 | .52 | .55 | .76 | .96 | 1.38 | .90 | .74 | .77 | .94 |
| Phthisis and O. T. D. | 22 | 18 | 23 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 63 | 46 | 35 | 56 | 200 |
| Death Rate per 1000 of pop. | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.01 | 1.86 | 1.09 | 1.66 | 1.20 | .87 | 1.40 | 1.75 | 2.08 | 1.84 | 2.12 | 1.55 | 1.17 | 1.88 | 1.68 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 32 | 55 | 72 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 53 | 159 | 52 | 22 | 91 | 324 |
| Death Rate per 1000 ot pop. | 3.5 | 6.03 | 6.32 | 2.52 | 2.19 | .79 | .65 | .65 | .87 | 1.20 | 2.96 | 4.65 | 5.35 | 1.75 | .74 | 3.06 | 2.72 |
| Infantile Mortality | 17 | 25 | 35 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 29 | 27 | 77 | 60 | 48 | 74 | 259 |
| Death Rate per 1000 Reg. Births | 93 | 115 | 141 | 76 | 123 | 99 | 75 | 89 | 83 | 84 | 135 | 108 | 119 | 98 | 82 | 109 | 102 |
| Infectious Disease. | |||||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 26 | 30 | 25 | 109 |
| Erysipelas | 24 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 46 | 30 | 22 | 36 | 134 |
| Scarlet Fever | 21 | 18 | 25 | 20 | 31 | 61 | 69 | 52 | 71 | 37 | 29 | 24 | 64 | 112 | 192 | 90 | 458 |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 22 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Phthisis | 21 | 36 | 54 | 34 | 8 | 36 | 20 | 24 | 34 | 13 | 20 | 34 | 111 | 78 | 78 | 67 | 334 |
| Totals | 75 | 78 | 109 | 75 | 53 | 129 | 105 | 100 | 123 | 74 | 68 | 81 | 262 | 253 | 328 | 223 | 1066 |
| Inquests | 12 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 50 | 39 | 47 | 47 | 183 |