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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
City of London 1872
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of]
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and you will notice that from a proportion of 200
per 1,000 of the deaths in the first of these periods,
it has fallen to 160 per 1,000 in the last.
Average Proportion of Heaths from each cause, in every 1 ,000 Deaths from all causes, in each of the City Districts, as well as in London and England during the last Ten years.
| CITY DISTRICTS. | Entire City. | London. | England. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern. | Western. | Central. | ||||
| Pneumonia and Bronchitis | 160 | 166 | 167 | 164 | 172 | 148 |
| Phthisis | 127 | 130 | 136 | 131 | 115 | 109 |
| Tabes and Scrofula | 22 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 21 | 19 |
| Marasmus and Debility | 43 | 42 | 26 | 37 | 46 | 62 |
| Hydrocephalus | 19 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 15 |
| Convulsions and Teething | 63 | 62 | 50 | 57 | 45 | 62 |
| Alvine Flux | 50 | 38 | 31 | 41 | 57 | 48 |
| Continued Fever | 38 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 31 | 39 |
| Scarlet Fever | 32 | 31 | 26 | 30 | 35 | 45 |
| Small-Pox | 13 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 12 |
| Measles | 26 | 26 | 15 | 22 | 23 | 19 |
| Whooping Cough | 35 | 26 | 21 | 28 | 35 | 23 |
| Croup and Diphtheria | 18 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 18 |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
The most noteworthy of these reductions is in the
case of continued fever, which has steadily declined
from an average of 121 deaths in the year to only 45,
the successive number for each of the quinquennial
periods being 121, 108, 97, and 45. Going back,
however, to a later date, I find that the reduction has
been still more marked; for in the seven years which
preceded my term of office, the average number of
deaths in the City from continued fever was 140 per