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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) 1878

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]

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Table: TABLE V.Showing the Number of Deaths in the Ten Years, 1868 to 1877, from the Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases,and the Number in 1878, etc.

TABLE V.

Showing the Number of Deaths in the Ten Years, 1868 to 1877, from the Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases,

and the Number in 1878, etc.

Disease.1868.1869.1870.1871.1872.1873.1874.1875.1876.1877.Annual Average of 10 years, 1868 to 1877.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 10 years, 1868 to 1877.1878.Proportion of Deaths to 1.000 Deaths in 1878.
Small.pox6115888......41213.410.013*11.15
Measles2319291537273115245127.120.02118.0
Scarlet Fever714810320584848311639.829.9l0†8.5
Diphtheria654752233.42.565.1
Whooping.Cough4283163842292749311236.927.76555.7
Fever183731269295410141724.518.419‡16.3
Diarrhœa7764836271805953554965.341.55042.9
Total243257281256177175219175161160210.4150.0184157.9
London14,92517,41316,47619,45512,69911,37611,23013,41012,69612,412....14,734..
England97,35291,380100,497103,80191,74370,40288,48082,33396,66067,44664,454..82,473••

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*Deaths of Parishioners at Fulham and Hampstead in Hospitals belonging to Metropolitan Asylum District Board,
†Including Death of Parishioner at London Fever Hospital, Liverpool Koad.
‡Including Deaths of Parishioners at King's College, Middlesex, and Stockwell Hospitals.