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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
Plumstead 1893
Annual report 1893-94
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Influenza too was more prevalent than in any year except 1891, as is shewn by the annexed table: —
| Year ending March 1889 | Year 1890 | Year 1891 | Year 1892 | Year 1893 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths from Influenza | 0 | 9 | 44 | 27 | 35 |
| „ Bronchitis & Pneumonia | 93 | 136 | 207 | 176 | 204 |
| „ Phthisis | 69 | 95 | 114 | 100 | 111 |
| Total | 162 | 210 | 365 | 303 | 350 |
| Total deaths—all causes (uncorrected) | 766 | 905 | 1046 | 919 | 1050 |
3. Whenever Influenza is epidemic the excess of deaths
attributed to Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Phthisis may be safely
put down as really due to the Influenza. There were 47 more
deaths from these causes last year than in 1892, and 88 more
than in 1889. Thus comparing 1893 with 1892 and 1889, about
one third of the excess of deaths may be attributed to Influenza.
4. The death-rate was 16 9 in West Plumstead and 17.0 in
East Plumstead.
5. Comparing the four quarters of the year we see from Table
If. that the last or Autumn quarter had the highest mortality,
and December was the most fatal month, this being the time
when Influenza was most prevalent.