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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 1898

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

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Table: TABLE VIII.— Giving the Causes of Deaths during the 13 Weeks ending June 25th, 1898, at the Middlesex Hospital, Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, the Workhouse, and the Marylebone Infirmary, Notting Hill, W.

TABLE VIII.— Giving the Causes of Deaths during the 13 Weeks ending June 25th, 1898, at the Middlesex Hospital, Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, the Workhouse, and the Marylebone Infirmary, Notting Hill, W.

Middlesex Hospital.Queen Charlotte's Hospital.Samaritan Hospital.WorkhouseNotting Hill Infirmary.
Influenza...............
Scarlet Fever...............
Diphtheria3......1...
Typhoid Fever2............
Diarrhœa...............
Erysipelas............2
Pneumonia and Pleurisy71...46
Pyaemia...l..........
Syphilis...............
Cancer32...3...10
Phthisis and Tuberculosis8.......126
Rheumatism...............
Apoplexy3......31
Paralysis............11
Bronchitis5.......618
Asthma.........1...
Peritonitis4.........1
Disease of Brain............
,, Heart8l...22
,, Kidney3...1...3
,, Liver1............
„ Uterus............1
„ Ovary......1......
Parturition...............
Diabetes...............
Fractures and Injuries6.........1
Old Age.........110
Low Vitalitv. Infants...3.........
Premature Birth...4...3...
Other causes11...424
Total*93†10‡527116

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* Of the 93 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 76 were those of non-parishioners.
† Of the 10 deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital, 8 were Infants, 5 were nonparishioners.
‡ The deaths in the Samaritan Hospital were those of non-parishioners.