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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: This very satisfactory diminution, which is an index of the improved sanitary condition of the District, is well shown in the following Table:—

This very satisfactory diminution, which is an index of the improved sanitary condition of the District, is well shown in the following Table:—

Year.St. Olave.London.
1895205165Deaths of children under one year old per 1,000 births registered.
1896150161
1897145158
1898129167

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Phthisis and Diseases of the Respiratory Organs.
There were 25 deaths of persons belonging to this
District caused by phthisis, or an annual rate of 2.22 per
1,000 inhabitants; the corresponding rate for London was
1.72 per 1,000. There were also 11 deaths due to other
forms of tuberculosis.
For the prevention of consumption, see introduction,
pages 6 and 7.
38 deaths were caused by other diseases of the respiratory
organs, namely, pneumonia, bronchitis and pleurisy.
Influenza was the registered cause of 7 deaths. In
London the number was 1,283.