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 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chiswick]
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Diseases of the Respiratory Organs, viz.:
| Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy | 24 |
| Measles. | 10 |
| Whooping Cough | 28 |
| Diarrhoea | 21 |
| Tubercular Meningitis | 10 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 4 |
| Marasmus or General Atrophy | 6 |
| Convulsions | 31 |
| Total | 134 |
Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.
| Scarlet Fever | 3 |
| Diphtheria | 8 |
| Membranous Croup | 4 |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 1 |
| Measles | 10 |
| Whooping Cough | 28 |
| Diarrhcea | 22 |
| Total | 77 |
The zymotic death rate was 3.05 per thousand
against 2.4 for 1895. For London it was 3.1, and for
England and Wales 2.18.
The following table gives the average births,
deaths, and death rates, also the deaths from diseases
of the zymotic class for the past ten years.