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, 1878 to 1887 and in the Year 1888.
Disease. | 1878 | 1871 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | ??? | ??? | 1888 | ??? | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smallpox | 63 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2o.l | 13.6 | 0 | 0 | |
Measles | 31 | 49 | 37 | 52 | 25 | 67 | 7 | 87 | 39 | 68 | 44 2 | 30.0 | 88 | 61 | |
Scarlet Fever | 16 | 71 | 112 | 22 | 65 | 81 | 74 | 32 | 23 | 27 | 62 6 | 36 7 | 23 | 16 | |
Diphtheria | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 99 | 6.7 | 23 | 16 | |
Whooping Cough | 81 | 43 | 62 | 41 | 113 | 30 | 62 | 49 | 66 | 65 | 69.2 | 40. | 6b | 40 | |
Typhus | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 3 | .8 | 0 | 0 | |
Feverh | Enteric | 14 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 115 | 7.8 | . | 6 |
Simple Conun'd | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 9 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | |
Diarrhoea | 64 | 44 | 56 | 55 | 42 | 45 | 63 | 42 | 80 | 67 | 54 8 | 37.2 | 40 | 27 | |
Total | 285 | 238 | 303 | 242 | 275 | 254 | 236 | 266 | 221 | 234 | 255 5 | 17.2 | 241 | 166 | |
London | 14734 | 12256 | 13081 | 13811 | 13533 | 10801 | 13620 | 11261 | l1122 | 1268 | 12751 | 154 | 10803 | 137 |