Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE III.—Causes of, and Ages at Death during the year ending 28th December, 1929.
| No. | CAUSES OF DEATH. | Net deaths at the sunjoined ages of " Residents " whether occurring within or without the district. | Total Deaths whether of Residents or Non-Residents in Institutions in the District. | All Souls. | St. Mary. | Christ Church. | St. John. | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1 | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under65 | 05 and under 75. | 75 and upwards | ||||||||
| 1 | Enteric Fever | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Small Pox . | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Measles | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Scarlet Fever | - | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Whooping Cough | 23 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 23 | ||||||||
| 6 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 11 | - | 2 | ||||||||||
| 7 | 59 | 2 | 17 | 59 | |||||||||||||
| - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Meningococal Meningitis . | 3 | - | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | 89 | 5 | 31 | 28 | 89 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Other Tuberculous diseases | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Cancer, Malignant Diseases | 197 | 227 | 52 | 38 | 73 | 34 | 197 | ||||||||||
| 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | ||||||
| 14 | Diabetes | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 88 | |||||||||
| 16 | Heart Disease . | 297 | 3 | 14 | 88 | 88 | 107 | 99 | 69 | 73 | 95 | 60 | 297 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 51 | ||||||||||
| 18 | — | 7 | 23 | 24 | 30 | 35 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 14 | 88 | ||||||
| 19 | Pneumonia (all forms) | 154 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 42 | 33 | 27 | 88 | 38 | 46 | 57 | 13 | 154 | ||
| 20 | Other Respiratory Diseases | 22 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 45 | 5 | 7 | 22 | ||||||
| 21 | Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 20 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Diarrhoea, etc. . | 22 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 22 | |||||||
| 23 | Appendicitis | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 14 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | |||||||
| 25 | Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 38 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 88 | |||||
| 26 | Puerperal Sepsis | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||||||||
| 27 | Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition . | 3 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 28 | Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 33 | 33 | 14 | 33 | ||||||||||||
| 29 | Suicide | 17 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Other Deaths from Violence | 49 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 49 | |||||||
| 31 | Other defined Diseases | 204 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 63 | 34 | 48 | 158 | 52 | 42 | 56 | 54 | 204 |
| 32 | Causes ill-defined or unknown | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| 1455 | 95 | 36 | 17 | 25 | 44 | 145 | 449 | 318 | 326 | 928 | 327 | 362 | 504 | 262 | 1455 | ||