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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

Bethnal Green 1877

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]

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Table: Shewing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases in the 10 years 1867 to 1876,and in the year 1877.*

Shewing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases in the 10 years 1867 to 1876,

and in the year 1877.*

Disease.1867186818691870187118721873187418751876Annual Average of 10] years, 1867—1876.Proportion of Deaths to iooo Deaths from all causes in ioyears, 1867—1876.1877Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths from all causes in 1877
Small Pox155652422522694i713184.728.78829.3
Measles9i4612076388243192255676.925.414247.5
Scarlet Fever9046974521074i1710319380122.040 .89331.1
Diphtheria121011162265537.22.482.6
Whooping Cough1691231021726611814710115161121.040.589297
Fever125889693776344S8684275.425.24816.0
Diarrhoea182129158148164159r43159124112147.649.410434.7
Total in Bethnal Green824501608959706734441625567385634.82124572190 9
Total in London1166014925174131647619455126991138511230134111269614135. 0184.912390160. 9