Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone]
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE III. — Giving the Causes of Deaths during the 52 Weeks ending Dec. 24th, 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. | Workhouse | Notting Hill. Infirmary. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Influenza | |||||
Scarlet Fever | |||||
Diphtheria | 4 | 1 | |||
Typhoid Fever | 5 | 3 | |||
Diarrhoea | 1 | 12 | |||
Erysipelas | ... | 2 | |||
Pneumonia and Pleurisy | 21 | 1 | 19 | ||
Pyaemia | 2 | 1 | |||
Syphilis | 1 | 12 | |||
Cancer | 102 | 36 | |||
Phthisis and Tuberculosis | 26 | 4 | 111 | ||
Rheumatism | 3 | 10 | |||
Apoplexy | 5 | ... | 5 | 9 | |
Paralysis | 22 | ||||
Bronchitis | 18 | 17 | 78 | ||
Asthma | 1 | 8 | 10 | ||
Peritonitis | 7 | 1 | |||
Disease of Brain | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
„ Heart | 28 | 9 | 18 | ||
„ Kidney | 16 | 3 | 15 | ||
„ Liver | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
„ Uterus | ... | 1 | |||
„ Ovary | 2 | 6 | |||
Parturition | 3 | ||||
Diabetes | |||||
Fractures and Injuries | 19 | 7 | |||
Old Age | 2 | 42 | |||
Low Vitality, Infants | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||
Premature Birth | 18 | 4 | 1 | ||
Other causes | 45 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 64 |
Total | *309 | |34 | *21 | 66 | 477 |