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 Hornsey, Borough of]
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From this will be seen the general sanitary condition of these districts compared one with another. I also state the annual general death and zymotic death-rates of the 33 largest English towns.
Sanitary Area. | Estimated population in the middle of 1898. | Notified cases of Infectious Disease. | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Deaths from all causes. | Death-rate per 1,000 living. | Deaths of Infants under One Year to 1,000 Births. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. * | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cholera. | Total. | Annual rate per 1,000 persons living. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. † | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued Fevers. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | Annual rate per 1,000 persons living. | |||||
London | 4,504,766 | 32 | 16,894 | 11,855 | 16 | 3,024 | 55 | 247 | 5,169 | 23 | 37,315 | 8.3 | 1 | 3,069 | 581 | 1,756 | 2,157 | 3 | 554 | 9 | 4,352 | 12,482 | 2.77 | 82,037 | 18.3 | 166 |
St. Pancras | 243,416 | 2 | 980 | 499 | — | 220 | 2 | 18 | 321 | 4 | 2,046 | 8.4 | — | 111 | 53 | 96 | 87 | — | 41 | — | 214 | 602 | 2.49 | 4,651 | 19.2 | 170 |
Islington | 344,616 | — | 1,336 | 545 | 2 | 237 | 1 | 19 | 280 | — | 2,420 | 7.0 | — | 334 | 26 | 90 | 180 | 1 | 36 | — | 291 | 958 | 2.78 | 5,712 | 16.6 | 159 |
Hampstead | 78,755 | — | 242 | 135 | — | 47 | — | 1 | 41 | — | 466 | 59 | - | 26 | 3 | 19 | 27 | — | 10 | 1 | 24 | 110 | 1.40 | 917 | 11.7 | 125 |
Pinchley | 21,007 | — | 91 | 12 | — | 9 | — | — | 6 | — | 118 | 5.6 | — | 6 | — | — | 6 | — | 3 | — | 24 | 39 | 1.85 | 218 | 10.3 | 136 |
Hornsey | 70,054 | — | 168 | 100 | — | 31 | — | — | 51 | — | 350 | 4.9 | — | 14 | — | 11 | 8 | — | 4 | — | 15 | 52 | 0.74 | 594 | 8.47 | 117 |
33 great town | — | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | 2.85 | — | 19.0 | 178 |
* Including cases of Membranous Croup. † Including deaths from Membranous Croup.