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 1906
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TABLE X.
DISEASES. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | Annual Average of ten years, 1896.1905. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from all causes in ten years, 1896.1905. | Deaths in 1906. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from all causes in 1906. | |
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Small.pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 11 | ... | 1 | ... | 1.3 | 0.5 | ... | ... | |
Measles | 173 | 33 | 120 | 24 | 98 | 77 | 93 | 34 | 67 | 54 | 77.3 | 28.7 | 81 | 32.4 | |
Scarlet Fever | 39 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 21 | 18.1 | 6.7 | 11 | 4.4 | |
Diphtheria | 72 | 82 | 26 | 42 | 27 | 38 | 20 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 35.7 | 13.2 | 19 | 7.6 | |
Whooping.cough | 99 | 19 | 52 | 59 | 33 | 62 | 21 | 90 | 19 | 60 | 51.4 | 19.1 | 20 | 8.0 | |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.3 | 0.1 | ... | ... | |
Enteric Fever | 15 | 21 | 12 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 14.5 | 5.4 | 5 | 2.0 | |
Pyrexia | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 0.3 | 0.1 | ... | ... | |
Diarrhœa | 61 | 125 | 112 | 101 | 105 | 115 | 78 | 97 | 128 | 90 | 101.2 | 37.5 | 142 | 56.9 | |
TOTALS. | Kensington | 460 | 310 | 347 | 259 | 283 | 320 | 263 | 268 | 244 | 247 | 300.1 | 111.3 | 278 | 111.3 |
London | 14,100 | 11,525 | 12,565 | 11,228 | 10,187 | 10,203 | 10,393 | 8,166 | 9,990 | 7,891 | 10,625 | 131.5 | 9,047 | 127.1 | |
England & Wales | 66,936 | 67,051 | 69,714 | 69,820 | 64,059 | 66,531 | 53,795 | 49,150 | 65,633 | 51,580 | 62,427 | 114.3 | 60,063 | 113.2 |