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.
Shewing the Number of Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases in 1884, and in the 10 years 1874 to 1883.
Disease. | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | Annual Average of 10 years, 1874-83 | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1874-83. | Total Deaths is 1881. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1884. |
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Small Pox | 3 | 2 | 22 | 129 | 94 | 19 | 18 | 84 | 6 | 3 | 38.0 | 7.6 | 61 | 12.7 |
Measles | 64 | 82 | 117 | 143 | 48 | 129 | 58 | 172 | 130 | 99 | 104.2 | 20.8 | 89 | 18.5 |
Scarlet Fever | 95 | 240 | 137 | 89 | 138 | 144 | 156 | 180 | 66 | 61 | 130.6 | 26.1 | . 44 | 9.1 |
Diphtheria | 35 | 55 | 38 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 34 | 70 | 51 | 78 | 43.1 | 8.6 | 45 | 9.3 |
Whooping Cough | 121 | 232 | 198 | 141 | 217 | 154 | 293 | 122 | 288 | 72 | 183.8 | 36.7 | 202 | 42.1 |
Typhus Fever | 10 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.2 |
Enteric Fever | 38 | 35 | 60 | 58 | 59 | 57 | 43 | 66 | 69 | 132 | 61.7 | 12.3 | 55 | 11.4 |
Simple Continued Fever | 25 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | .. | 2 | 8.1 | 1.6 | .. | .. |
Diarrhœa& Simple Cholera | 222 | 178 | 239 | 155 | 229 | 118 | 204 | 211 | 119 | 162 | 183.7 | 36.7 | 227 | 47.3 |
Totals | 613 | 848 | 823 | 767 | 816 | 655 | 811 | 914 | 729 | 611 | 758.7 | 151.5 | 724 | 150.6 |
Totals—London | 11,327 | 13,340 | 12,536 | 12,232 | 14,619 | 12,010 | 13,735 | 13,811 | 13,553 | 10,801 | 12,796 | 142.8 | 13,629 | 164.1 |