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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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| No. | CAUSES OF DEATH. | Nett 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. | Under 1. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||
| 1 | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | _ | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | _ | _ | _ | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | - | - | - | — | _ | - | __ | 1 | - | 1 |
| 5 | Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | — | _ | _ | _ | - | - | - |
| 6 | Influenza | 14 | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 8 | Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | - | l | — | — | 1 | 2 | _ | - | 2 | |
| 9 | Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 57 | _ | _ | _ | l | 12 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 57 5 |
| 10 | Other Tuberculous Diseases | 5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | _ | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11 | Syphilis | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | I | 6 |
| 12 | General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis | 5 | _ | __ | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | ||
| 13 | Cancer, Malignant Disease | 139 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 11 | 54 | 72 | 223 | 28 | 43 | 39 | 29 | 139 |
| 14 | Diabetes | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 15 | Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 54 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 14 | 39 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 54 |
| 16 | Heart Disease | 312 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 86 | 219 | 64 | 48 | 98 | 87 | 79 | 312 |
| 17 | Aneurysm | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 18 | Other Circulatory Diseases | 72 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 54 | 53 | 12 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 72 |
| 19 | Bronchitis | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| 20 | Pneumonia (all forms) | 60 | 5 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 12 | 37 | 26 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 60 |
| 21 | Other Respiratory Diseases | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 22 | Peptic Ulcer | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 23 | Diarrhoea, etc. | 10 | 10 | — | _ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |||||
| 24 | Appendicitis | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 25 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 |
| 26 | Other Diseases of the Liver, etc | 8 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 27 | Other Digestive Diseases | 21 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 13 | 33 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 28 | Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 19 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 29 | Puerperal Sepsis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 30 | Other Puerperal Causes | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 9 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 31 | Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformation, etc. | 26 | 25 | - | _ | _ | - | 1 | - | - | 88 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 26 |
| 32 | Senility | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 33 | Suicide | 26 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 26 |
| 34 | Other Violence | 38 | 2 | — | — | l | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 38 |
| 35 | Other defined Diseases | 76 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 42 | 127 | 13 | 28 | 19 | 16 | 76 |
| 36 | Causes ill-defined or unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 1,046 | 49 | — | 2 | 5 | 35 | 84 | 274 | 597 | 831 | 193 | 321 | 315 | 217 | 1,046 | |