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 V.
Showing the Number of Deaths in the Ten Years, 1888 to 1897, from the Seven Principal Zymotic
Diseases, and the Number in 1898, etc.
Disease. | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | Annual average of ten years 1888 to 1897. | Propor- tion of deaths to 1,000 deaths 1888 to 1897. | 1898 | Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths in 1898. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0.6 | 0.6 | - | - |
Measles | 16 | 41 | 17 | 43 | 47 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 41 | 9 | 24.7 | 26.5 | 26 | 34.8 |
Scarlet Fever | 4 | 4 | 8 | — | 3 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5.2 | 0.2 | 2 | 2.6 |
Diphtheria | 11 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 12.4 | 0.6 | 6 | 8.0 |
Whooping Cough | 17 | 14 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 17.9 | 0.9 | 9 | 12.0 |
Fever | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7.4 | 0.5 | 5 | 6.7 |
Diarrhoea | 11 | 30 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 30 | 17 | 17 | 19.8 | 22.5 | 22 | 29.4 |
Totals, St. Giles District | 66 | 114 | 85 | 113 | 104 | 91 | 80 | 77 | 87 | 63 | 88.0 | 71.0 | 70 | 93.8 |
Totals, London | 10,803 | 9,709 | 12,279 | 9,675 | 11,983 | 13,223 | 11,544 | 11,544 | 14,100 | 11,525 | ||||
Totals. England and Wales | 50,684 | 61,027 | 59,698 | 53,221 | 56,032 | 73,499 | 52,771 | 64,901 | 66,936 | 67,051 |