Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-first annual report of the Medical Officer of Health on the vital and sanitary condition of the Borough of Saint Pancras, London
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ST. PANCRAS SANITARY DISTRICT.
T able 5 b.
Shewing the Number of Deaths from the Notifiable Infectious Diseases in the 10 years 1886 to if 95, and in the year 1896.
Diseases. | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | Number of Deaths, Annual Average of 10 years 1886-95. | Number of Deaths in 1896. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 total Deaths in 10 years 1886-95. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 total Deaths in l896. |
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Small-pox | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2.3 | .. | 0.5 | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 26 | 58 | 52 | 28 | 27 | 32 | 67 | 101 | 44 | 51 | 48.6 | 37 | 10.0 | 8.3 |
Diphtheria | 44 | 59 | 72 | 62 | 141 | 80 | 114 | 187 | 117 | 125 | 102.6 | 94 | 21.1 | 22.2 |
Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 7 | 6 | 5 | |||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 29 | 28 | 57 | 29 | 32 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 40 | 28 | 32.0 | 29 | 6.6 | 6.5 |
Fever, Simple &Continued | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0.8 | .. | 0.2 | .. |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 9 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 10.3 | 5 | 2.1 | 1.1 |
Cholera | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1.5 | .. | 0.3 | .. |
Erysipelas | 18 | 28 | 21 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 18.3 | 13 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
Totals | 31 | 185 | 221 | 139 | 239 | 164 | 230 | 383 | 238 | 234 | 216.4 | 183 | 44.6 | 41.0 |