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Camberwell 1896
Forty-first annual report of the Vestry ...
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xxiv.
TABLE XI. A.— Mortality of chief Zymotic Diseases in London
for 10 Yeahs.
I
Hooping
Cough.
Measles.
Scarlet
Fever.
Diphtheria.
Fever.
Small
Pox.
Influenza.
1887
2,894
961
9
-
2,928
1,467
672
1888
2,401
1,301
9
-
2,987
1,209
720
2,314
1,588
1889
1
1,749
784
596
-
1890
3,285
1,387
652
3
3,227
861
636
1891
1,807
1,361
8
2,338
2,876
589
597
41
1892
3,393
1,885
2,264
2,447
1,174
467
206
1893
1,661
3,265
1,526
2,330
1,596
719
1894
3,293
2,670
89
750
2,097
962
653
2,316
1895
2,633
55
2,156
1,483
829
624
1896
2,663
496
3,692
2,931
940
9
582
1896.
West D.
386
425
630
159
88
1
-
580
630
171
North D.
761
150
-
1
59
104
126
-
Central D.
207
43
1
478
641
194
-
East D.
668
98
1
1,148
357
-
1,076
South D.
1,426
203
5
Metropolitan
Hospitals outside
London.
-
-
80
3
2
6
-
TABLE XI. A.— Mortality of chief Zymotic Diseases in London for 10 Years.
| I | Hooping Cough. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Fever. | Small Pox. | Influenza. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887 | 2,928 | 2,894 | 1,467 | 961 | 672 | 9 | – | |
| 1888 | 2,987 | 2,401 | 1,209 | 1,301 | 720 | 9 | – | |
| 1889 | 1,749 | 2,314 | 784 | 1,588 | 596 | 1 | – | |
| 1890 | 3,227 | 3,285 | 861 | 1,387 | 636 | 3 | 652 | |
| 1891 | 2,876 | 1,807 | 589 | 1,361 | 597 | 8 | 2,338 | |
| 1892 | 2,447 | 3,393 | 1,174 | 1,885 | 467 | 41 | 2,264 | |
| 1893 | 2,330 | 1,661 | 1,596 | 3,265 | 719 | 206 | 1,526 | |
| 1894 | 2,097 | 3,293 | 962 | 2,670 | 653 | 89 | 750 | |
| 1895 | 1,483 | 2,633 | 829 | 2,316 | 624 | 55 | 2,156 | |
| 1896 | 2,931 | 3,692 | 940 | 2,663 | 582 | 9 | 496 | |
| 1896. | West D. | 386 | 630 | 159 | 425 | 88 | 1 | – |
| North D. | 630 | 761 | 171 | 580 | 150 | 1 | – | |
| Central D. | 126 | 207 | 59 | 104 | 43 | 1 | – | |
| East D. | 641 | 668 | 194 | 478 | 98 | 1 | – | |
| South D. | 1,148 | 1,426 | 357 | 1,076 | 203 | 5 | – | |
| Metropolitan Hospitals outside London. | – | – | 80 | 3 | 2 | 6 | – | |