Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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The Year | Small pox | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Typhoid Fever. | Simple continued Fever. | Diarrhœa | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 living. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1865 | 1 | 13 | 11 | — | 1 | — | 18† | — | 24 | 68 | 3.0 |
1866 | 1 | 6 | 5 | — | 11 | — | 2 | — | 14 | 39 | 1.6 |
1867 | 11 | 2 | 6 | — | 13 | — | 9 | — | 15 | 56 | 2.2 |
1868 | 1 | 8 | 33 | °7 | 5 | — | 8 | — | 18 | 80 | 3.1 |
1869 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 7 | — | 15 | — | 20 | 71 | 2.6 |
1870 | 1 | 11 | 45 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 109 | 3.9 |
1871 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 64 | 2.2 |
1872 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 8 | — | 8 | — | 26 | 67 | 2.2 |
1873 | — | 10 | 2 | 3 | 7 | — | 8 | — | 24 | 54 | 1.6 |
1874 | — | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | — | 9 | 4 | 22 | 56 | 1.6 |
1875 | — | 11 | 25 | 8 | 20 | — | 9 | 2 | 12 | 87 | 2.4 |
1876 | — | 16 | 17 | 4 | 10 | — | 2 | — | 16 | 65 | 1.7 |
° First year of separate registration (1868)
f Registered generally as " Fever " until the year 1870.