London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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The following table gives the average births, deaths, birth rates, and death rates, also the deaths from zymotic disease, for the past ten years.
| 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | Average of last 10 years. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births during the year | 649 | 709 | 683 | 688 | 678 | 639 | 654 | 679 | 675 | 708 | 676.2 |
| Birth rate per thousand | 35.32 | 37.37 | 34.84 | 34.10 | 32.64 | 29.89 | 29.48 | 29.80 | 28.86 | 29.52 | 32.18 |
| Deaths from all causes | 302 | 315 | 318 | 331 | 271 | 358 | 345 | 392 | 338 | 313 | 328.3 |
| Death rate per thousand | 16.43 | 16.60 | 16.24 | 16.40 | 13.4 | 16.75 | 15.55 | 17.20 | 14.45 | 13.5 | 15.57 |
| Deaths from Small Pox | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .4 |
| ,, Measles | 21 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 34 | 5 | 12 | 11.4 |
| ,, Scarlet Fever | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2.5 |
| „ Diphtheria | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2.7 |
| ,, Whooping Cough | 5 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 10.1 |
| ,, Typhoid and other Fevers | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| ,, Diarrhoea | 14 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 14.4 |
| ,, Croup (Membranous and Diphtheritic) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1.2 |
| „ Erysipelas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .6 |
| ,, principal zymotic diseases | 63 | 33 | 32 | 38 | 26 | 50 | 43 | 89 | 49 | 40 | 46.3 |
| Death rate from do. | 3.26 | 1.73 | 1.58 | 1.78 | 1.20 | 2.38 | 1.93 | 3.90 | 2.09 | 1.66 | 2.15 |