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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Causes of Death in the more important diseases—
In those registered in Parish. | In the whole of Sanitary Area. | |
---|---|---|
Measles | 83 | 85 cases. |
Scarlet Fever | 6 | 33 „ |
Whooping Cough | 73 | 82 „ |
Diphtheria | 25 | 65 „ |
Enteric Fever | 7 | 9 ,, |
Diarrhæa | 154 | 165 „ |
Syphilis | 8 | 12 ,, |
Erysipelas | 2 | 6 „ |
Puerperal Fever | 9 | 9 „ |
Alcoholism | 12 | 17 „ |
Cancer | 60 | 105 „ |
Tabes Mesenterica | 28 | 30 „ |
Rheumatic Fever | 7 | 8 „ |
Tubercular Disease of Brain | 38 | 50 „ |
Phthisis | 175 | 285 „ |
Premature Birth | 83 | 86 „ |
Apoplexy and Brain Softening | 96 | 135 „ |
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes | 22 | 30 „ |
Convulsions | 49 | 49 „ |
Heart Disease | 97 | 183 „ |
Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy | 384 | 475 „ |
Enteritis | 31 | 39 „ |
Peritonitis | 8 | 11 „ |
Bright's Disease | 33 | 43 „ |
Influenza | 10 | 11 „ |
Old Age | 60 | 80 „ |
Fractures and Contusions | 11 | 29 „ |
Burns and Scalds | 0 | 6 ,, |
Suffocation in Bed | 27 | 29 ,, |
,, otherwise | 2 | 2 „ |
Drowning | 0 | 5 ,, |
Suicide by Poison | 2 | 3 „ |
,, by Stubbing | 1 | 3 „ |
,, by Gunshot wound | 1 | 1 „ |
„ by Hanging | 2 | 1 „ |
Infants from Debility and Insufficient | ||
food | 128 | 145 „ |
Manslaughter | 0 | 1 ,, |
Murder | 0 | 1 ,, |