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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
Clerkenwell 1872
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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The diseases during the last 10 years are exhibted in the subjoined table:-
| Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Hooping Cough | Typhus. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1863 | 26 | 44 | 136 | 66 | 52 | 42 | 376 |
| 1864 | 7 | 73 | 94 | 71 | 87 | 46 | 378 |
| 1865 | 12 | 27 | 57 | 88 | 84 | 48 | 316 |
| 1866 | 6 | 42 | 59 | 95 | 93 | 47 | 342 |
| 1867 | 20 | 44 | 49 | 35 | 71 | 50 | 269 |
| 1868 | 4 | 58 | 106 | 69 | 112 | 45 | 394 |
| 1869 | 0 | 28 | 116 | 81 | 74 | 44 | 343 |
| 1870 | 6 | 63 | 122 | 19 | 70 | 40 | 320 |
| 1871 | 60 | 23 | 33 | 62 | 68 | 33 | 279 |
| 1872 | 15 | 35 | 20 | 105 | 76 | 23 | 274 |
The average number of deaths from these diseases, during the
last 10 years, was 329 ; so that the number for 1872 is 55 beloy
the average.
The number of deaths from all causes, in infants and childre
under 5 years of age, was 731; being 71 more than in the precedins
year.
The deaths at and above 60 were 200; including 25 at and
above 80. The numbers for the preceding year were 260 and 44.
243 deaths arose from pulmonary diseases; the number for 187
being 287.
38 deaths occurred in the Workhouse, 16 of males, 22 of female
The numbers for the preceding 10 years having been 172 158
167, 174, 156, 186, 178, 140, 107, and 75. The number of inmate