Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1909 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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TABLE VI. Shewing the number of Deaths from the Seven principal Zymotic Diseases, inclusive of Hospital Deaths in the 10 years, 1899 to 1908, and in the year 1909.
DISEASE. | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1900 | 1907 | 1908 | Annual Average of 10 years 1899-1908. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,090 Deaths in 10 years 1899-1908. | 1909 | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 1909. |
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Small Pox | ... | ... | 2 | 64 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 2.7 | ... | ... |
Measles | 90 | 63 | 84 | 59 | 85 | 89 | 48 | 60 | 71 | 105 | 75 | 29.5 | 78 | 35.5 |
Scarlet Fever | 9 | 12 | 44 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 27 | 22 | 43 | 39 | 25 | 9.8 | 25 | 11.3 |
Diphtheria | 64 | 60 | 63 | 33 | 26 | 48 | 31 | 20 | 18 | 29 | 39 | 15.4 | 20 | 9.1 |
Whooping Cough | 44 | 93 | 38 | 89 | 41 | 44 | 50 | 63 | 53 | 42 | 56 | 22.1 | 37 | 16.8 |
Fever | 38 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 5.9 | 4 | 1.8 |
Diarrhœa | 157 | 103 | 119 | 60 | 112 | 147 | 119 | 152 | 59 | 102 | 113 | 44.5 | 90 | 41.0 |
Totals | 402 | 349 | 370 | 339 | 289 | 361 | 284 | 331 | 251 | 330 | 330 | 130.0 | 254 | 115.5 |