Table: In the following table the death rate and Zymotic death rate are so arranged that comparison can be made for the preceding ten years:—
In the following table the death rate and Zymotic death rate are so arranged that comparison can be made for the preceding ten years:—
| 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 |
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Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... |
Measles | a | 15 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 6 | ... | 16 | ... | 32 | ... |
Scarlet Fever | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Diphtheria | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Whooping Cough | 5 | 17 | 5 | 21 | ... | 10 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 20 |
Typhoid Fever | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Diarrhoea and Dysentery | 60 | 17 | 44 | 37 | 80 | 50 | 56 | 50 | 69 | 23 | 21 |
Puerperal Fever | 6 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Total Number of Deaths from seven Zymotic Diseases | 89 | 63 | 67 | 93 | 130 | 78 | 86 | 85 | 94 | 83 | 50 |
Deaths from other Causes | 396 | 330 | 411 | 371 | 373 | 439 | 423 | 443 | 425 | 516 | 380 |
Total Deaths | 486 | 393 | 478 | 464 | 503 | 517 | 509 | 528 | 519 | 599 | 430 |
Death Rate from seven Zymotic Diseases per 1,000 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.0 |
Death Rate from other causes per 1,000 | 15.2 | 12.0 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 12.6 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 7.6 |
General Death Rate per 1,000 | 186 | 14.2 | 17.2 | 15.7 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 15.1 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.4 | 8.6 |
The London Zymotic death rate for 1903 was 176