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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

Chiswick 1894

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chiswick]

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Table: The following are the diseases that proved most fatal to infants and young children:Diseases of the Respiratory Organs, viz.: Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and

The following are the diseases that proved most fatal to infants and young children:

Diseases of the Respiratory Organs, viz.: Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and

Pleurisy31
Measles12
Whooping Cough3
Convulsions19
Diarrhoea6
Tuberculosis and Marasmus6
Premature Birth12
Tubercular Meningitis5
Debility from Birth2
96

Table: Zymotic Diseases.The following are the deaths from the principal zymotic diseases :

Zymotic Diseases.

The following are the deaths from the principal zymotic diseases :

Whooping Cough3
Measles12
Scarlet Fever3
Diphtheria4
Croup (Membranous)1
Enteric Fever3
Continued Fever2
Puerperal Fever1
Erysipelas2
Diarrhoea9
40

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Zymotic death rate, 1.66 per thousand. For
London it was 2.66 and for England and Wales 1.76.
The following table gives the average births,
deaths, birth rates, and death rates, also the deaths
from zymotic disease, for the past ten years.