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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
St James's 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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| 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 3 | 18 | 6 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||||
| Measles | 24 | 29 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 26 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
| Scarlet Fever & Diphtheria | 31 | 13 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 31 | 39 | 75 | 14 | 6 | .. | 13 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Whooping Cough | 22 | 29 | 17 | 21 | 34 | 21 | 43 | 12 | 19 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 12 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Diarrhœa | 20 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 10 |
| Typhus and Typhoid Fever | 8 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .. | |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Total | 126 | 100 | 81 | 105 | 88 | 88 | 119 | 136 | 90 | 102 | 77 | 45 | 75 | 76 | 50 | 89 | 48 | 93 | 51 | 57 | 18 | 38 | 36 | 29 | 29 |
Tables of the causes of death and other data for the year 1887
are appended.
I have the honour to remain,
Reverend Sir and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
JAMES EDMUNDS.
8, Grafton Street, Piccadilly.