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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 1934
[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 1934.
| No. | CAUSES OF DEATH. | Net deaths at the subjoined 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. | JUnder 1 | 1 and under 2 | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under65. | 65 and upwards | ||||||||
| 1 | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Measles | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Whooping Cough | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 5 |
| 5 | Diphtheria | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| 6 | Influenza | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Encephalitis Lethargica . | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 9 | Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 62 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 19 | 28 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 8 | 62 |
| 10 | Other Tuberculous diseases | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Syphilis | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | Cancer, Malignant Disease | 180 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 80 | 92 | 301 | 32 | 52 | 54 | 42 | 180 |
| 14 | Diabetes | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 15 | Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 54 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 16 | 35 | 38 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 54 |
| 16 | Heart Disease | 270 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 75 | 190 | 100 | 52 | 69 | 89 | 60 | 270 |
| 17 | Aneurysm | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 18 | Other Circulatory Diseases | 57 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 14 | 40 | 27 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 57 |
| 19 | Bronchitis | 33 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 33 |
| 20 | Pneumonia (all forms) | 74 | 8 | 4 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 21 | 33 | 58 | 15 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 74 |
| 21 | Other Respiratory Diseases . | 12 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 22 | Peptic Ulcer | 24 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 24 |
| 23 | Diarrhoea, etc | 17 | 13 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 24 | Appendicitis | 9 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 25 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | - | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 26 | Other Diseases of the Liver, etc. | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 27 | Other Digestive Diseases . | 34 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 16 | 56 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 34 |
| 28 | Acute and Chronic Nephritis . | 28 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 28 |
| 29 | Puerperal Sepsis | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| 30 | Other Puerperal Causes . | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 9 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 31 | Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformation, etc. | 17 | 16 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 63 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| 32 | Senility | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 33 | Suicide | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 34 | Other Violence | 55 | 6 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 55 |
| 35 | Other defined Diseases | 118 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 38 | 46 | 115 | 22 | 31 | 37 | 28 | 118 |
| 36 | Causes ill-defined or unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 1171 | 51 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 35 | 97 | 371 | 566 | 1012 | 233 | 297 | 388 | 253 | 1171 | |