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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 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone]
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DEATHS IN THE SANITARY AREA FROM THE PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES COMPARED WITH LONDON AS A WHOLE.
| With the Annual Rate per 1,000 persons living. | ||||||||||
| Population at 1896 Census, 120,939. | Estimated at middle of 1897, 122,191. | |||||||||
| Total Births in 1897, 4,248. | Total Deaths in 1897, 2,588. | |||||||||
| Total. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Cholera. | Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births registered. |
| .. | 85 | 33 | 65 | 82 | .. | 9 | 165 | .. | .. | |
| The Zymotic Rate per 1 000 a nd Infant Rate. | ||||||||||
| 3.59 | 0.00 | 0.69 | 0.27 | 0.53 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 1.36 | 0.00 | 177 |
| The Zymotic Rate for the whole of London and Infant Rate. | ||||||||||
| 2.56 | 0.00 | 0.43 | 0.17 | 0.50 | 0.41 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.92 | 0.00 | 158 |
Birth-Rate for London, 1897 30.0
Do. Newington „ 34.7
Death-Rate for London „ 17.7
Do. Newington „ 21.2
Mean Birth-Rate for London for 10 years, 1887-1896 31. 2
Do. Newington ,, ,, ,, 34.7
Mean Death-Rate for London for 10 years, 1887-1896 19.9
Do. Newington ,, 21.8