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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

Kensington 1870

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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Table: TABLE B.Showing the number of Deaths in the decenniad 1861—70, from the principal Zymotic diseases.

TABLE B.

Showing the number of Deaths in the decenniad 1861—70, from the principal Zymotic diseases.

DISEASE.1861186218631864186518661867186818691870Total in 10 yrs.Annual Average.DISEASE.
Smail-pox20495181029468131Small-pox
Measles53308310052401984277055855.8Measles
Scarlet Fever57no899031283517010619891491.4Scarlet Fever
DiphtheriaNot separately registered.............9142311.5Diphtheria
Whooping-cough3754225637286834715546246.2Whooping-cough
Fever3251546077334652424649349.3Fever
Diarrhoea662454631041127811310815487687.6Diarrhœa
Cholera...............81............Cholera
Total2472693513743192592764573695453466346.6Total.