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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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Table: Causes of Death in the more important diseases—

Causes of Death in the more important diseases—

In those registered in Parish.In the whole of Sanitary Area.
Measles8385 cases.
Scarlet Fever633 „
Whooping Cough7382 „
Diphtheria2565 „
Enteric Fever79 ,,
Diarrhæa154165 „
Syphilis812 ,,
Erysipelas26 „
Puerperal Fever99 „
Alcoholism1217 „
Cancer60105 „
Tabes Mesenterica2830 „
Rheumatic Fever78 „
Tubercular Disease of Brain3850 „
Phthisis175285 „
Premature Birth8386 „
Apoplexy and Brain Softening96135 „
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes2230 „
Convulsions4949 „
Heart Disease97183 „
Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy384475 „
Enteritis3139 „
Peritonitis811 „
Bright's Disease3343 „
Influenza1011 „
Old Age6080 „
Fractures and Contusions1129 „
Burns and Scalds06 ,,
Suffocation in Bed2729 ,,
,, otherwise22 „
Drowning05 ,,
Suicide by Poison23 „
,, by Stubbing13 „
,, by Gunshot wound11 „
„ by Hanging21 „
Infants from Debility and Insufficient
food128145 „
Manslaughter01 ,,
Murder01 ,,