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 London County Council]
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Year. | Diphtheria. | Diphtheria and Croup. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All ages. Death rates per million. | Ages 3-10. Death rates per million. | Death rate at ages 3-10. (All ages taken as 100.) | All ages. Death rates per million. | Ages 3-10. Death rates per million. | Death rate at ages 3-10. (All ages taken as 100.) | |
597-5 | ||||||
590 | 249 | |||||
267 | ||||||
144 | 262 | 396 | 907 | |||
1866 | 152 | |||||
145 | 360.4 | 225 | ||||
1868 | 158 | 440.9 | 279 | 364 | ||
1869 | 282 | 656 | ||||
104 | 286.1 | 275 | 680 | |||
105 | 351.9 | 335 | 258 | 700 | 271 | |
80 | 341 | 761 | 289 | |||
95 | 304.0 | 320 | 819 | 266 | ||
122 | 314 | 954 | 275 | |||
167 | 521.3 | 312 | 1,041 | 271 | ||
109 | 286 | 794 | ||||
286.8 | 326 | 229 | ||||
546.6 | 352 | 320 | 944 | |||
554.0 | 955 | |||||
1880 | 144 | 497.5 | 345 | |||
1881 | 172 | 635.9 | 369 | 345 | ||
1882 | 222 | 812.2 | 366 | 447 | 1,443 | |
244 | 836.0 | 455 | 1,430 | |||
241 | ||||||
227 | 401 | 1,221 | ||||
1886 | 212 | 765.4 | 361 | |||
235 | 810.9 | 1,242 | 319 | |||
1888 | 319 | 1,168.2 | 366 | 1,529 | ||
391 | 1,396.0 | 501 | 339 | |||
351 | 456 | 1,506 | 330 | |||
1891 | 340 | 1,250.3 | ||||
460 | 1,629.9 | 354 | 1,756 | |||
362 |
Table VII. shows a similar but less marked increase in the case of England and Wales, and it
is noteworthy that the incidence on the age period 3-10 before 1871 was greater than it was in London
in the corresponding years.
Year. | Diphtheria. | Diphtheria and Croup. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All ages. Death rates per million. | Ages 3—10. Death rates per million. | Death rate at ages 3—10. (All ages taken as 100.) | All ages. Death rates per million. | Ages 3—10. Death rates per million. | Death rate at ages 3—10. (All ages taken as l00.) | |
806 | ||||||
680 | ||||||