Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham
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TABLE V.
Showing the number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, in the 10 years, 1887 to 1896,
and in the Year 1897.
Disease. | 1887. | 1888. | 1889. | 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | Annual Average of 10 years, 1887-1896. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1887-1896. | Total Deaths in 1897. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1897. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smallpox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
Measles | 40 | 18 | 21 | 34 | 30 | 15 | 19 | 54 | 13 | 42 | 28.6 | 21.1 | 21 | 15.3 |
Scarlet Fever | 6 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 7.7 | 5.6 | 9 | 6.3 |
Diphtheria | 10 | 37 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 53 | 35 | 17 | 82 | 27.7 | 20.4 | 43 | 31.3 |
"Whooping Cough | 23 | 76 | 23 | 53 | 29 | 67 | 10 | 54 | 36 | 26 | 39.7 | 39.3 | 29 | 21.1 |
Fever— | ||||||||||||||
Typhus | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... |
Enteric | 6 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 7.8 | 5.7 | 10 | 7.3 |
Simple continued | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... |
Diarrhœa | 31 | 25 | 34 | 29 | 24 | 40 | 42 | 32 | 72 | 87 | 41.6 | 30.7 | 106 | 77.3 |
Totals | 116 | 174 | 98 | 136 | 98 | 147 | 151 | 202 | 156 | 258 | 153 | 113 | 218 | 159 |
Totals—London | 12720 | 10896 | 9785 | 12090 | 9675 | 11983 | 12851 | 11544 | 11545 | 14098 | 15410 | 146 | ||
Totals—England and Wales | 64686 | 50684 | 61027 | 59698 | 53221 | 56032 | 73496 | 52771 | 66936 | 67051 | 124 |