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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
St Giles (Camden) 1896
Annual report for the year ending 25th March 1897
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TABLE V.
Showing the Number of Deaths in the Ten Years , 1886 to 1895, from the Seven Principal Zymotic
Diseases, and the Number in 1896, etc.
| Disease. | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | Annual average of ten years 1886 to 1895. | Profortion of deaths to 1,000 deaths 1886 to 1895. | 1896 | Profortion of deaths to 1,000 deaths in 1896. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | - | - |
| Measles | 43 | 15 | 16 | 41 | 17 | 43 | 47 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 25.5 | 27.1 | 41 | 58.8 |
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 8 | — | 3 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 7 | 9.5 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 24 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 14.2 | 15.0 | 5 | 6.8 |
| Whoofing Cough | 38 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 13 | 20.7 | 22.0 | 13 | 17.7 |
| Fever | 9 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 4 | 5.4 |
| Diarrhœa | 37 | 24 | 11 | 30 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 30 | 22.5 | 23.9 | 17 | 23.1 |
| Totals, St. Giles District | 137 | 108 | 66 | 114 | 85 | 113 | 104 | 91 | 80 | 77 | 97.5 | 103.6 | 87 | 118.5 |
| Totals, London | 11,121 | 12,684 | 10,803 | 9,709 | 12,279 | 9,675 | 11,983 | 13,223 | 11,544 | 11,544 | 11,456 | — | — | — |
| Totals, England and Wales | 62,859 | 64,676 | 50,684 | 61,027 | 59,698 | 53,221 | 56,032 | 73,499 | 52,771 | 64,901 | 59,936 | — | - | — |