London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1856
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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| Causes op Death. | Deaths to 10,000 Persons Living. | Proportions to 1,000 Deaths. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Union. | West Union. | City Union, | Entire City. | England. | East Union. | West Union. | City Union. | Entire City. | England. | |
| All Causes. | 255.2 | 270.8 | 175.3 | 223.6 | 226.6 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 |
| Zymotic Diseases | 57.4 | 60.3 | 27.7 | 45.0 | 45.7 | 225.0 | 222.7 | 157.8 | 201.4 | 201.5 |
| Small-pox | 2.6 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 10.1 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 8.1 | 6.0 |
| Measles | 5.4 | 7.0 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 21.1 | 25.9 | 18.1 | 21.3 | 17.5 |
| Scarlet-fever | 10.4 | 9.3 | 4.1 | 7.5 | 9.3 | 40.8 | 36.3 | 24.6 | 33.5 | 41.2 |
| Hooping-cough and Croup | 11.2 | 12.7 | 8.0 | 10.1 | 7.9 | 43.9 | 47.1 | 45.7 | 45.4 | 34.8 |
| Doarrhœa. &c. | 12.4 | 10.8 | 5.3 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 48.7 | 40.0 | 30.2 | 40.0 | 35.8 |
| Typhus | 14.0 | 14.5 | 5.3 | 10.3 | 8.6 | 54.9 | 53.6 | 30.2 | 46.1 | 38.2 |
| Tubercular Diseases | 52.6 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 47.3 | 36.4 | 205.8 | 246.6 | 191.1 | 211.5 | 160.8 |
| Phthisis | 26.6 | 37.9 | 19.6 | 26.0 | 28.2 | 104.0 | 140.1 | 112.1 | 116.1 | 124.6 |
| Tabes and Scrofula | 17.9 | 20.0 | 8.1 | 14.0 | 4.2 | 70.3 | 71.0 | 46.2 | 62.3 | 18.5 |
| Hydrocephalus | 8.0 | 10.0 | 5.7 | 7.3 | 4.0 | 31.6 | 34.2 | 32.7 | 32.6 | 17.8 |
| Convulsions and Teething | 16.7 | 14.5 | 9.3 | 12.6 | 15.6 | 65.5 | 47.0 | 53.5 | 56.4 | 69.0 |
| Pneumonia and Bronchitis | 44.4 | 35.4 | 24.3 | 33.6 | 28.7 | 173.9 | 131.0 | 138.7 | 150.5 | 126.8 |
The City Returns are the Average of the Years 1856 and 1857. The Returns of England are for the Year 1855.