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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 1873

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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Table: TABLE V.Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years 1863—1872, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, and the number in 1873, &c.

TABLE V.

Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years 1863—1872, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, and the number in 1873, &c.

Disease.1863.1864.1865.1866.1867.1868.1869.1870.1871.1872.Annual Average 10 years, 1863—1872.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1863—1872.1873.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1873.
Smallpox4951810294681206831.715.51.4
Measles83100524019842770644358.228.43815.6
Scarlet Fever8990312835170106198952987.142.4104.1
DiphtheriaNot separately registered.91411144.82.4114.5
Whooping Cough2256372868347155727752.025.44418.0
Fever6460773346524246484250.024.44116.8
Diarrhœa546310411278113108154129110102.550.214559.6
Total Kensington351374319251275457369545539383386.3178.7290119
London17,07816,02914,27214,76111,66014,92517,41316,47619,45512,6991547620811,385149
England & Wales 1861—1870*70,28473,22098,49096,28892,03082,69272,58797,35290,380100,49787482185103,801204
1871
* The totals for England and Wales are for the 10 years 1861—1870, compared with the year 1871, the latest year of publication at the present time.