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St Pancras 1887

[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 the 10 years 1877 to 1886, and in the year 1887.

Disease.1877187816791880188118821883188418851886Annual Average of 10 years, 1877-86.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1877-66.Total Deaths in 1887.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1886.
Small-Pox12994191884636163247.99.76....
Measles14348129581721309989190127118.524.1514529.84
Scarlet Fever89138144156180666144312693.519.055811.94
Diphtheria2223253470517845374442.98.745912.14
Whooping Cough14121715429312228872292144120175.335.7319940.96
Typhus Fever204411..21....3.30.67....
Enteric Fever58596743666913255372960.512.33285.76
Simple Continued Fever104548..2..223.70.7510.20
Diarrhoea& Simple Cholera155229118204211119162227125266181.637.0122947.13
Totals767816655811914729611 .724b29616727.2148.2719148.0
Totals—London12,23214,61912,01013,73513,81113,53310,80113,62911,64711,12112,713155.312,684154.3