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 St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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DISEASE. | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | Annual average of 10 years, 1875.1884. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 deaths in 10 years, 1875.1884. | 1885 | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 deaths in 1885. |
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Small-pox | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 0.2 | 0.4 | ... | ... |
Measles | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 8 | 7.4 | 15.6 | 9 | 21.1 |
Scarlet Fever | 13 | 4 | ... | 5 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 69 | 14.5 | 1 | 2.3 |
Diphtheria | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 4 5 | 9.5 | 3 | 7.0 |
Whooping Cough | 13 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 10.8 | 22.7 | 7 | 16.4 |
Fever | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7.2 | 15.1 | 4 | 9.0 |
Diarrhœa | 19 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 12.3 | 25.9 | 6 | 14.1 |
Total | 56 | 43 | 26 | 40 | 53 | 63 | 60 | 49 | 56 | 47 | 49.3 | 103.7 | 30 | 69.9 |