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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TABLE V.
Shewing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, in the 10 Years, 1876 to 1885 and in the Year 1886.
Diseases. | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | Annual Average of 10 years. 1876-1885. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years. 17876—1885. | 1886 | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths. in 1886. |
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Smallpox | 13 | 89 | 63 | 2 | 20 | 42 | 17 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 30.3 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 |
Measles | 36 | 71 | 31 | 49 | 37 | 52 | 25 | 57 | 7 | 87 | 45. 2 | 30.6 | 39 | 26.5 |
Scarlet Fever | 43 | 20 | 16 | 71 | 112 | 22 | 66 | 84 | 74 | 32 | 53.9 | 36.5 | 23 | 15.0 |
Diphtheria | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 20 | 9.1 | 6.1 | 7 | 4.8 |
Whooping Cough | 31 | 47 | 81 | 43 | 62 | 41 | 113 | 30 | 62 | 49 | 54.9 | 37.1 | 56 | 38.0 |
Fever | 22 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 26 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 18.8 | 12.7 | 19 | 12.9 |
Diarrhœa | 65 | 66 | 64 | 44 | 56 | 55 | 42 | 45 | 53 | 42 | 53.2 | 36.0 | 80 | 51.4 |
Total | 214 | 320 | 285 | 238 | 312 | 246 | 283 | 254 | 237 | 265 | 265.4 | 179.5 | 224 | 151.6 |
London | 12535 | 12365 | 14734 | 12256 | 13681 | 13811 | 13553 | 10801 | 13629 | 1201 | 12865 | 158 | 11122 | 135 |