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 St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table V. PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS. Table shewing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, in the 10 Years 1869 to 1878, and in the Year 1879.
Disease. | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | Annual Average of 10 years, 1869-78. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 3 years, 1876-78. | 1879 | Propertion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1879. |
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Small Pox | 1 | 21 | 448 | 58 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 129 | 94 | 78.0 | 16.2 | 19 | 3.6 |
Measles | 63 | 87 | 105 | 105 | 221 | 64 | 82 | 117 | 143 | 48 | 108.0 | 20.5 | 129 | 24.8 |
Scarlet Fever | 239 | 477 | 95 | 70 | 17 | 95 | 220 | 137 | 89 | 138 | 155.7 | 24.2 | 144 | 27.7 |
Diphtheria | 20 | 35 | 37 | 16 | 38 | 35 | 55 | 38 | 22 | 23 | 31.9 | 5.5 | 25 | 4.8 |
Whooping Cough | 221 | 99 | 158 | 259 | 212 | 121 | 232 | 19S | 141 | 217 | 185.8 | 37.0 | 154 | 29.6 |
Fever | 126 | 158 | 112 | 78 | 78 | 67 | 58 | 84 | 76 | 67 | 90.4 | 15.1 | 66 | 12.7 |
Diarrhœa | 219 | 227 | 236 | 235 | 253 | 222 | 178 | 239 | 155 | 229 | 219.3 | 41.5 | 118 | 22.7 |
Total | 891 | 1104 | 1191 | 821 | 824 | 607 | 827 | 835 | 755 | 816 | 867.4 | 16.0 | 655 | 126.2 |
London | 17630 | 16891 | 19676 | 12874 | 11549 | 11352 | 1351S | 12696 | 12380 | 14857 | 14342.3 | 167.7 | 12256 | 143.2 |