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St Pancras 1897

Annual report from the chairman of the health committee on the business of the department

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ST. PANCRAS SANITARY DISTRICT.

Table 5a.

Shewing the Number of Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases in the 10 years 1887 to 1896, and in the year 1897.

Disease.1887188818891890189118921893189418951896Number of Daaths, Annual Average of 10 years 1887-96Number of Deaths in 1897.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 total Deaths in 10 years 1887-96.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 total Deathts in 1897.
Small-pox129812 10.4..
Measles145206861316922914986217130144-88930.019.6
Scarlet Fever58522827326710144513749-72410.05.3
Diphtheria and Mem- ) branous Croup5972621418011.419912413199108-111222-424.7
Whooping Cough19914210814015514710311186121131.212227-326.9
Typhus Fever............................
Enteric Fever285729322726244028•2932.0386.68.4
Simple Continued Fever1121I..........0.6..0.1..
Diarrhoea and Dysentery229114183174158139188105218217172.526235.857.8
Totals719645498646522724773518732633641.0647133.1142.7