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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
St Giles (Camden) 1875
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE No. 13.—Showing the Number of Deaths in the 10 Years, 1865 to 1874, from the Seven Principal Zymotic
Diseases, and the Number in 1875.
| Dissease. | 1865. | 1866. | 1867. | 1868. | 1869. | 1870. | 1871. | 1872. | 1873. | 1874. | Annual average of 10 years 1865 to 1874. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 10 years 1865 to 1874. | 1875. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 1875. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 9 | 22 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 88 | 8 | 18.0 | 12.53 | ||||
| Measles | 12 | 47 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 29 | 15 | 37 | 27 | 31 | 26.0 | 1811 | 15 | 11.87 |
| Scarlet Fever | 36 | 62 | 23 | 71 | 48 | 103 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 42.4 | 29.53 | 48 | 38. |
| Diphtheria | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 52 | 3.62 | |||
| Whooping Cough | 75 | 32 | 69 | 42 | 83 | 16 | 38 | 42 | 29 | 27 | 45.3 | 31.55 | 49 | 39.58 |
| Fever | 112 | 48 | 41 | 18 | 37 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 29 | 54 | 40.5 | 28.20 | 10 | 7.92 |
| Diarrhœa | 81 | 131 | 77 | 77 | 64 | 83 | 62 | 71 | 80 | 59 | 78.5 | 54.67 | 53 | 41.96 |
| Total | 333 | 351 | 267 | 243 | 257 | 281 | 256 | 177 | 175 | 219 | 255.9 | 178.21 | 175 | 138.55 |
| London | 14,272 | 14,761 | 11,660 | 14,925 | 17,413 | 16,476 | 19,455 | 12,699 | 11,376 | 11,230 | 14.426 | 189.0 | 13,410 | 164.51 |
| England | 92,030 | 82,692 | 72,587 | 97,352 | 91,380 | 100,497 | 103,801 | 91,743 | 70,402 | No return published | 1862 to '71 | 1862 to '71 | No return published | |
| 90.838 | 186.36 |