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Marylebone 1945

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

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Table: Table 1.—Deaths—All Ages.

Table 1.—Deaths—All Ages.

Code No.CAUSE OF DEATH.Nett deaths at the sub-joined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the Borough.Deaths in Institutions in the Borough.Deaths in Sub-Districts.
All AgesUnder 11 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 4545 and under 6565 and upwardsResidentsNonresidentsAll Souls.St. Mary.North Mary-lebone.Total.
2Cerebro-spinal fever1---1---21--1
6Tuberculosis of respiratory system36-1-17126131271736
7Other forms of tuberculosis10--2332-222610
8Syphilitic disease10---1721132510
9Influenza41--1112-1-34
10Measles11--------1--1
13MCancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (males only)10----462422610
13FCancer of uterus.8----531112248
14Cancer of stomach and duodenum21----615214651021
15Cancer of breast.21---112815521421
16Cancer of all other sites99--15385567617275599
17Diabetes1-----1-1--11
18Intra-cranial vascular lesions64----234132013153664
19Heart disease193--16311551175405697193
20Other diseases of the circulatory system33----825375101833
21Bronchitis48---51429388162448
22Pneumonia4021—46273127112240
23Other respiratory diseases9—-—252—42259
24Ulceration of the stomach or duodenum12---1292734512
25Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)981------5139
26Appendicitis51-1--317——55
27Other digestive diseases231--391044851023
28Nephritis16—--358122321116
29Puerperal and postabortive sepsis1---1----1--1
30Other maternal causes2---2---2-112
31Premature birth1313-----21314813
32Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile disease77------85-27
33Suicide013—-—3821624713
34Road traffic accidents8—-—125243148
35Other violent causes313-—11710311981431
36All other causes41—-—126232511092241
Totals79037358321444857380177198415790

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No death occurred from the following causes not shown in the table : Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers (Code No. 1), scarlet fever
(No. 3), whooping cough (No. 4), diphtheria (No. 5), acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis (No. 11), acute infectious encephalitis
(No. 12)

Table: TABLE 2.—Infantile Mortality.

TABLE 2.—Infantile Mortality.

Code No.CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 week1 and under 2 weeks2 and under 4 weeks1 and under 3 months3 and under 6 months6 and under 9 months9 and under 12 monthsTotal
3Measles------11
7Diarrhoea---1——-1
8Enteritis---32117
12Congenital malformation4------4
13Premature birth13------13
15Atelectasis2------2
16Injury at birth1------1
20Meningitis (not tuberculous)----1--1
24Bronchitis----1---1
25Pneumonia (all forms)—-1-1--2
26Suffocation, overlying—-—2———2
27Other causes1--—1——2
Totals21-1751237

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No infantile death occurred from the following causes not shown in the table: Small-pox, chicken-pox (Code Nos. 1 and 2), scarlet
fever, diphtheria and membranous croup, whooping cough (Code Nos. 4—6), tuberculous meningitis, abdominal tuberculosis, other
tuberculous diseases (Nos. 9—11), atrophy, debility and marasmus (No. 14), erysipelas, syphilis, rickets (Nos. 17—19), convulsions,
gastritis, laryngitis (Nos. 21—23).
Mortuary.—Five bodies (3 male, 2 female) were deposited at the Emergency Mortuary, No. 24, Hill Road, up to the