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Hammersmith 1903

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1903

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persons living. The deaths from the 9 principal zymotic
diseases in the whole of London were equal to 113 per
1,000 of the total deaths registered, and were at the rate
of 1.8 deaths per 1,000 persons living. These deaths
were, therefore, as compared with the total deaths of
Burgesses registered, the same in this Borough as in
London, and as compared with the population 0.2 per
1,000 less in this Borough than in London.

Table: TABLE IV. The following table shows the deaths of Burgesses registered from the 9 principal zymotic diseases which occurred in the 10 years 1894 to 1903.

TABLE IV. The following table shows the deaths of Burgesses registered from the 9 principal zymotic diseases which occurred in the 10 years 1894 to 1903.

YEAR.Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membraneous Croup.Whooping Cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Simple Continued Fever.Diarrhœa and Cholera.TOTAL.
1894072105355015067272
18951281447420140104250
18960582052601141125331
189704103028080204284
189801282124360120199420
18990221326450210204331
190008772870180138285
190114501336750161134339
1902147572325011081236
190302781931010087182

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It is interesting to note, that notwithstanding the
increase in the population, the actual number of deaths
of Burgesses registered from these diseases was the
lowest in the decade. The deaths from diphtheria show
a marked decrease. This I have no doubt, is to a
considerable extent due to the systematic house to
house inspection of the Borough.