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 1898.
Population, 1898. | 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 1,000 Births. | |||||||||
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Births. _ | Deaths. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | ||||||
London (estimated to middle of the year | 4,504,766 | 132,432 | 82,037 | 12,482 | 29.5 | 18.3 | 2.77 | 1 | 3.075 | 583 | 1,772 | 2,160 | 598 | 4,376 | 167 |
St. Giles District | 38,237 | 1,027 | 746 | 70 | 26.8 | 19.5 | 1.8 | — | 26 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 153 |