[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough] page 10

Marylebone 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

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non-insured. Among the patients were included 44 discharged soldiers and sailors.
As regards sanatorium treatment 87 children, 143 insured and 23 uninsured persons
were admitted to a sanatorium or hospital and 20 insured and 15 uninsured to the
Workhouse or Infirmary. All contacts from the homes of patients were referred to
the various institutions included in the scheme.
Deaths from Phthisis.—The table given below shows the number of deaths
certified as due to consumption, and compares the figure for 1917 (137) with those
of preceding years. The death rate was 1.4 per 1,000. Of those who died 73 were
insured and 64 uninsured.

Table: DEATHS FROM PHTHISIS.

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DEATHS FROM PHTHISIS.

Estimated Population.	Year.	All Ages.	Sub-Districts.
Estimated Population.	Year.	All Ages.	All Souls.	St. Mary. '	Christ Church.	St. John.
92,796	1917	137	29	30	48	30
98,573	1916	151	3','	35	61	23
100,260	1915	135	31	37	52	15
112,892	1914	152	18	38	73	23
114,532	1913	149	32	40	57	20
116,155	1912	149	26	32	66	26
117,844	1911	172	51	30	65	26
125,195	1910	133	28	37	56	12
126,027	1909	170	43	41	66	20
126,867	1908	154	35	33	61	25
127,718	1907	179	42	46	64	27
127,960	1906	197	36	64	73	24

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Disinfection.—The total number of rooms disinfected during the year was 1,546,
and of articles (beds, bedding, etc.) 21,349. In the majority of instances the reason
for disinfection was on accouni of infectious disease, but in 53 cases it was rendered
necessary by reason of the presence of vermin.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.

Table: The number of specimens examined bacteriologically, by Dr. Foulerton, and the diseases in relation to which the examinations were made, are shown in the following table.

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The number of specimens examined bacteriologically, by Dr. Foulerton, and the diseases in relation to which the examinations were made, are shown in the following table.

	1917
	Positive.	Negative.	Total.
Typhoid Fever	6	9	15
Diphtheria	35	87	122
Phthisis	118	219	332
Wassermann Reaction		4	4
Totals	154	319	.473

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Marylebone 1917

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Table: DEATHS FROM PHTHISIS.

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Table: The number of specimens examined bacteriologically, by Dr. Foulerton, and the diseases in relation to which the examinations were made, are shown in the following table.