Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1909
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1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | Mean numberof Deaths 1899-1908. | MeanDeath-rate1899-1908. | Deaths 1909. | Death-rate 1909. | |
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Smallpox | .. | .. | 3 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1.6 | 0.01 | .. | 0.00 |
Measles | 68 | 80 | 37 | 168 | 62 | 64 | 85 | 53 | 69 | 71 | 76 | 0.52 | 74 | 0.47 |
Scarlet Fever | 33 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 0.12 | 10 | 0.06 |
Whooping Cough | 54 | 54 | 76 | 65 | 48 | 58 | 82 | 31 | 75 | 34 | 58 | 0.40 | 48 | 0.30 |
Diphtheria | 59 | 65 | 48 | 51 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 33 | 38 | 32 | 40 | 0.28 | 39 | 0.25 |
Enteric Fever | 26 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 10 | ,4 | 0.10 | 4 | 0.02 |
Diarrhoea | 183 | 156 | 181 | 129 | 167 | 224 | 200 | 243 | 83 | 112 | 168 | 1.15 | 97 | 0.61 |
423 | 397 | 387 | 454 | 325 | 380 | 424 | 391 | 287 | 276 | 376 | 2.58 | 272 | 1.71 |