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 Limehouse]
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Shewing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, in the 10 years, 1871 to 1880, and in the year 1881.
Disease. | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | Annual Average of 10 years. 1871—1880. | Proportion of Deaths to a 1000 Deaths in 10 years. 1871—1880. | 1881 | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1881. |
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Smallpox | 110 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 89 | 63 | 2 | 20 | 30.8 | 21.6 | 42 | 29 |
Measles | 30 | 40 | 65 | 36 | 20 | 36 | 71 | 31 | 49 | 37 | 41.5 | 29.2 | 52 | 36 |
Scarlet Fever | 18 | 19 | 19 | 105 | 48 | 43 | 20 | 16 | 71 | 112 | 47.1 | 33.1 | 22 | 15 |
Diphtheria | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 8 | 6 |
Whooping Cough | 47 | 49 | 70 | 30 | 79 | 31 | 47 | 81 | 43 | 62 | 53.9 | 37.9 | 41 | 29 |
Fever | 18 | 13 | 19 | 26 | 15 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 19.1 | 13.4 | 26 | 18 |
Diarrhœa | 67 | 64 | 85 | 45 | 77 | 65 | 66 | 64 | 44 | 56 | 63.3 | 44.5 | 55 | 39 |
Total | 294 | 195 | 265 | 246 | 240 | 214 | 320 | 285 | 238 | 312 | 260.9 | 183.3 | 246 | 172 |
London | 19455 | 12699 | 11385 | 11230 | 13411 | 12565 | 12365 | 14734 | 12256 | 13681 | 13378 | 166 | 13811 | 170 |