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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 1871

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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Table: Table J.Showing the Number of Deaths in eleven years, 1861-71 ,from the principal Zymotic Diseases

Table J.

Showing the Number of Deaths in eleven years, 1861-71 ,from the principal Zymotic Diseases

DISEASE.18611862186318641865186618671868186918701871Total in 11 years.Annual Average.DISEASE.
Small Pox2049518102946812025122.8Small Pox
Measles5330831005240198427706462256.5Measles
Scarlet Fever57110899031283517010619895100991.7Scarlet Fever
DiphtheriaNot separately registered............914113411.3Diphtheria
Whooping Cough375422563728683471557253448.5WhoopingCough
Fever325154607733465242464854149.1Fever
Diarrhoea6624546310411278113108154129100591.3Diarrhœa
Cholera...............81.........312...Cholera
Total2472693513743192592764573695455424008371 2Total.