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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) 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE V.—Showing the Number of Deaths in the Ten Years, 1869 to 1878, from the Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases, and
the Number in 1879, etc.
| dlsea.se. | 1869. | 1870. | 1871. | 1872. | 1873. | 1874. | 1875. | 1876. | 1877. | 1878. | Annual average of 10 years, 1869 to 1878. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 10 years, 1869 to 1878. | 1879. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 1879. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-Pox | 1 | 15 | 88 | 8 | ... | ... | • • • | 4 | 12 | 13 | 14.1 | 10.7 | ||
| Measles . | 19 | 29 | 15 | 37 | 27 | 31 | 15 | 24 | 51 | 21 | 26.9 | 20.5 | 19* | 15.7 |
| Scarlet Fever | 48 | 103 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 48 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 33.7 | 25.7 | 38+ | 31.4 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 4 | 3.3 |
| Whooping-Cough | 83 | 16 | 38 | 42 | 29 | 27 | 49 | 31 | 12 | 65 | 39.2 | 29.9 | 34 | 28.1 |
| Fever | 37 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 29 | 54 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 24.6 | 18.7 | 12+ | 9.1 |
| Diarrhoea | 64 | 83 | 62 | 71 | 80 | 59 | 53 | 55 | 49 | 50 | 62.6 | 47.7 | 22 | 18.2 |
| Total | 257 | 281 | 256 | 177 | 175 | 219 | 175 | 161 | 160 | 184 | 204.5 | 155.7 | 129 | 102.1 |
| London | 17,413 | 16,476 | 19,455 | 12,699 | 11,376 | 11,230 | 13,410 | 12,696 | 12,412 | 14,734 | ||||
| England | 91,380 | 100,497 | 103,801 | 91,743 | 70,402 | 88,480 | 82,333 | 96,660 | 67,446 | 82,473 |
* Including the death of a Parishioner at King's College Hospital.
Including deaths of Parishoners at King's College and Stockwell Hospitals.
Including deaths of Parishioners from Typhus Fever at Stockwell and St. Thomas Hospitals.