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 St. Giles District]
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TABLE XII.
Comparative Analysis of the Vital Statistics in Registration London and in St. Giles District, for 1897.
Population, 1897. | Births. | Deaths from all Causes. | Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Annual rate per 1,000 living. | Deaths. | Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1000 Births. | |||||||||
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Births. | Deaths. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | ||||||
London | 4,463,169 | 133,618 | 80,943 | 11,453 | 30.0 | 18.2 | 2.56 | 16 | 19.27 | 778 | 1,837 | 2,240 | 566 | 4,098 | 158 |
St. Giles District | 38,237 | 981 | 676 | 63 | 2.6 | 17.6 | 1.6 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 148 |