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Hammersmith 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith, Metropolitan Borough of]

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DEATHS FROM THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The total number of deaths of residents that
were registered from the seven principal zymotic
diseases was 186 against 103 in the previous year.
The deaths of residents last year from these diseases
were equal to 106 per 1,000 of the total deaths of
residents registered, and were at the rate of 1.5 deaths
per 1,000 persons living. The deaths from the seven
principal zymotic diseases in the whole of London
were equal to 95 per 1,000 of the total deaths
registered, and were at the rate of 1.4 deaths per 1,000
persons living. These deaths were, therefore, as
compared with the total deaths of residents registered,
11 greater per 1,000 deaths belonging to this Borough
than in London, and, as compared with the population,
.1 per 1,000 greater in this Borough than in London.

Table: The following table shows the deaths of residents registered from the seven principal zymotic diseases which occurred in the 10 years 1904 to 1913 :—

The following table shows the deaths of residents registered from the seven principal zymotic diseases which occurred in the 10 years 1904 to 1913 :—

YEAR.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Whooping Cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhoea and Cholera.Total.
i9040105723325126298
I905030112154589210
19060561627208144271
1907052102331639161
19080141115185108171
I90908492639542205
i9io06762526437165
1911034532317206315
191202831416438IO3
191304971241077186
Average in last 10 years.05282231591209