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Marylebone 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE IV.—Showing deaths from certain specified diseases during the year ending 1st January, 1910.
| Registered Births and Deaths. | Corrected Births and Deaths. | |||||||||||||||
| Births. | Deaths. | Births. | Deaths. | |||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||||||
| 2077. | 1964. | 837. | 921. | 1312. | 1222. | 907 | 942. | |||||||||
| 4041 | 1758. | 2534. | 1849. | |||||||||||||
| No | CAUSES OF DEATH. | All Ages. | Deaths in whole district at subjoined ages. | Deaths in localities at all ages. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | All Souls. | St. Mary. | Christ Church. | St. John. | |||||||
| 1 | Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2 | Measles | 33 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Scarlet Fever | 8 | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | o | 5 | — | — | |||
| 4 | Whooping-Cough. | 24 | 7 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 14 | 6 | — | |||
| 5 | Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 6 | Enteric and Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |||
| 7 | Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 8 | Diarrhoea, Dysentry | 36 | 32 | 2 | — | I | 1 | — | 9 | 3 | 21 | 1 3 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | |||
| 10 | Enteritis | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 2 | |||
| 11 | Asiatic Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 12 | Erysipelas | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |||
| 13 | Puerperal Fever | 4 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 3 | |||
| 11 | Other Septic Diseases | 13 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Epidemic Influenza | 43 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 2 | |||
| 16 | Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 17 | Tuberculosis of Lungs | 170 | — | 3 | 5 | 18 | 131 | 13 | 43 | 41 | 66 | 20 | 36 | |||
| 18 | Tuberculosis of Meninges | 9 | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 19 | Other forms of Tuberculosis | 21 | 5 | 5 | 2 | — | 9 | — | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Alcoholism and Cirrhosis of Liver | 30 | — | — | — | — | 26 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 21 | Cancer | 156 | — | 1 | — | — | 91 | 64 | 40 | 29 | 61 | 26 | 209 | |||
| 22 | Premature Birth | 47 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 8 | 25 | 5 | 39 | |||
| 23 | Developmental Diseases | 76 | 66 | 7 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 18 | 17 | 28 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 24 | Old Age | 142 | — | — | — | — | — | 142 | 37 | 38 | 42 | 25 | 12 | |||
| 25 | Meningitis | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| 26 | Inflammation and Softening of the Brain | 4 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | |||
| 27 | Organic Diseases of the Heart | 70 | — | — | 1 | 11 | 43 | 15 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 31 | |||
| 28 | Croup (Spasmodic) | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |||
| 29 | Acute Bronchitis | 49 | 16 | 3 | 2 | — | 14 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 14 | 6 | |||
| 30 | Chronic Bronchitis | 170 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 65 | 103 | 36 | 46 | 60 | 28 | 35 | |||
| 31 | Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia | 33 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 13 | |||
| 32 | Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia | 72 | 19 | 16 | — | 2 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 28 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 33 | Diseases of the Stomach | 16 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | |||
| 34 | Obstructions of the Intestines | 16 | — | — | — | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 18 | |||
| 35 | Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 69 | — | — | — | 1 | 41 | 27 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 25 | |||
| 36 | Tumours and other affections of Female Genital Organs | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 16 | ||||
| 37 | Accidents and Diseases of Parturition | 7 | — | 1 | — | — | 6 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| 38 | Deaths by Accident or Negligence | 64 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 39 | Deaths by Suicide | 15 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 40 | Deaths from ill-defined causes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||
| 41 | All other causes | 416 | 27 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 191 | 162 | 105 | 120 | 128 | 63 | 209 | |||
| Totals | 1849 | 259 | 117 | 41 | 70 | 746 | 616 | 424 | 461 | 681 | 283 | 824 | ||||