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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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cent, in May to 92 per cent. in March, 1872. All
these facts are fully represented in the following
table:—
Average Annual Number of Deaths from Zymotic Diseases in each of the four Quinquennial Periods of the last Twenty years.
| Zymotic Diseases. | quinquennial Periods from | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1854 to 1858. | 1859 to 1863. | 1861 to 1868. | 1869 to 1873. | ||
| Alvine Disorders of | Infants | 77 | 60 | 74 | 45 |
| Adults | 49 | 23 | 41 | 12 | |
| Continued Fever | 121 | 108 | 97 | 45 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 110 | 115 | 65 | 64 | |
| Small-Pox | 28 | 32 | 21 | 24 | |
| Measles | 68 | 89 | 61 | 33 | |
| Whooping Cough, Croup, &c | 149 | 165 | 114 | 77 | |
| Totals | 602 | 592 | 473 | 300 | |
| Proportion per 1,000 Deaths | 200 | 210 | 192 | 160 | |
| Living | 5.00 | 5.17 | 495 | 3.91 | |
WATER SUPPLY.
The quality of the water supplied to the City has
been the subject of monthly examinations, and the
average results are expressed in the following tables—
the analysis of the water supplied by all the Metropolitan
Water Companies being added for comparison.