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Marylebone 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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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), diphtheria (No. 5), measles (No. 10), acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis (No. 11).
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. I ; | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages | Under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | Residents | Nonresidents | All Souls. | St. Mary. | North Mary-lebone. | Total. | ||
| Cerebro-spinal fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 4 | Wnooping cough | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 41 | _ | _ | — | 18 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 41 | ||
| 7 | Other forms of tuberculosis | 4 | - | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 8 | Syphilitic disease | 4 | - | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 9 | Influenza | 10 | - | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 12 | Acute Infectious Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 13 | m Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (males only) | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 13 | Cancer uterus | 9 | - | — | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| 14 | Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 19 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 15 | Cancer ofbreast | 20 | - | — | — | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | ||
| i6 | Cancer of all other sites. | 105 | - | — | — | 49 | 50 | 11 | 114 | 24 | 25 | 56 | 105 | |
| 17 | Diabetes | - | — | — | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 18 | Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 64 | -_ | - | - | 1 | 45 | 26 | 9 | 13 | 42 | 64 | ||
| 19 | Heart disease | 207 | - | — | — | 6 | 51 | 150 | 35 | 85 | 43 | 72 | 92 | 207 |
| Other diseases of the circulatory system | 33 | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 33 | ||
| | Bronchitis | 52 | - | — | — | 3 | 13 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 52 | |
| 22 23 | Pneumonia Other respiratory diseases . | 49 8 | __ | 1 | 29 6 | 20 2 | 4 | '5 | 49 8 | |||||
| 24 | Ulceration of the stomach or duodenum | 6 | _ | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 25 | Diarrhoea (Under 2 years of age) | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 |
| Appendioitis | 1 | -— | — | — | ||||||||||
| 27 | Other digestive diseases | 24 | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 24 | |||
| 28 | Nephritis | — | — | — | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 9 | ||
| 29 | Puerperal and postabortive sepsis | 3 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | __ | 2 ' | _ | 1 | 3 | |
| 30 | Other maternal causes | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | | — | — | |
| 31 | Premature birth | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | — | 3 | ||||
| 32 | Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile disease... | 17 | 12 | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | 7 | 1 | 9 | 17 | ||
| 33 | Suicide | 17 | - | — | — | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | |
| 34 | Road traffic accidents | 3 | - | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | — | 1 | 3 | ||
| 35 | Other violent causes | .28 | 1 | — | - | 4 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |
| 36 | All other causes | 42 | — | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 73 | 9 | 7 | 42 | ||
| Totals | 813 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 68 | 254 | 453 | 151 | 467 | 172 | 413 | 813 | ||
No infantile death occurred from the following causes not shown in the table : Small-pox, chicken-pox, measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria
and membranous croup (Code Nos. 1—5), tuberculous meningitis, abdominal tuberculosis, other tuberculous diseases (Nos. 9—11),
atrophy, debility and marasmus (No. 14), injury at birth, erysipelas, syphilis, rickets (Nos 16—19), .convulsions, gastritis, laryngitis,
bronchitis (Nos. 21—24), suffocation, overlying (No. 26).
Mortuary.—Eighteen bodies (10 male, 8 female) were deposited at the Public Mortuary, Chiltern Street. No postmortem
examinations were carried out.
TABLE 2.— Infantile Mortality.
| Code No. | CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 week | 1 and under 2 weeks | 2 and under 4 weeks | 1 and under 3 months | 3 and under 6 months | 6 and under 9 months | 9 and under 12 months | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 7 | Diarrhoea | — | - | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 |
| 8 | Enteritis | — | - | — | 1 | 1 | — | - | 2 |
| 12 | Congenital malformation | 3 | - | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 13 | Premature birth | 5 | - | 1 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| 15 | Atelectasis | 4 | - | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| 20 | Meningitis (not tuberculous) . | 1 | - | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 25 | Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | - | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | 8 |
| 27 | Other causes . | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Totals | 15 | — | 1 | 10 | 3 | — | 34 |