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]
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TABLE IV.— TABLE OF DEATHS in the Sanitary District ofST. MARYLEBONE
during the 52 weeks ending December 24th, 1898, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
(a) | All Souls | Rectoby | St. Ma.by | Christ Church | St. John | Totals | The subjoined numbers have been taken into account in judging of the records of mortality. | ||||||||||||
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Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto. | Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto. | ||||||||||||||||||
Mortality from all causes at subjoined ages. | (J)) At all ages | 559 | 454 | 381 | 637 | 572 | 2603 | 804 | 394 | ||||||||||
(c) Under 1 year | 128 | 70 | 81 | 162 | 140 | 581 | 57 | 41 | |||||||||||
(d) 1 and under 5 | 52 | 42 | 40 | 87 | 61 | 282 | 77 | 13 | |||||||||||
(e) 5 and under 15 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 70 | 21 | 9 | |||||||||||
(f) 15 and under 25 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 83 | 34 | 31 | |||||||||||
(g) 25 and under 65 | 238 | 177 | 156 | 230 | 209 | 1010 | 403 | 255 | |||||||||||
(A) 65 and up-wards | 107 | 140 | 87 | 120 | 123 | 577 | 212 | 45 | |||||||||||
(i) | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 1 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 Upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards 1 | Under 5 | | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | |||
Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | 1. | Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
2. | Scarlatina .. | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2. | 4 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .. | ||||||
3. | Diphtheria .. | 5 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||
4. | Membranous | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Fevers. | o. Typhus .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
6. Enteric or Typhoid .. | .. | 5 | .. | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | 18 | .. | 9 | .. | 2 | |||
7. Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | |||
8. Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
9. Puerperal | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |||
10. | Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
11 | Erysipelas .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | ||
12. | Measles .. . | 30 | .. | 11 | 3 | 19 | .. | 40 | .. | 8 | .. | 108 | 3 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | ||
13. | Whooping Cough | 2 | .. | 6 | .. | 9 | .. | 12 | .. | 19 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | ||
14. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery | 18 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 81 | 13 | 11 | 4 | .. | 2 | ||
15. | Rheumatic Fever | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | ||
16. | Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
17. | Phthisis | 5 | 60 | 6 | 39 | 1 | 39 | 4 | 59 | 5 | 53 | 21 | 250 | 6 | 135 | 3 | 23 | ||
18. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, & Pleurisy | 33 | 70 | 24 | 102 | 25 | 47 | 50 | 89 | 53 | 72 | 185 | 380 | 12 | 116 | 8 | 29 | ||
19. | Heart Disease | 1 | 48 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 51 | 3 | 43 | 9 | 212 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 36 | ||
20. | Injuries | 4 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 60 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 18 | ||
21. | All other Diseases | 77 | 167 | 40 | 141 | 45 | 136 | 100 | 153 | 86 | 176 | 318 | 773 | 56 | 323 | 36 | 229 | ||
Total | 180 | 379 | 112 | 342 | 121 | 260 | 249 | 388 | 201 | 371 | 863 | 1710 | 134 | 670 | 54 | 340 |