London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Camberwell 1893
Thirty-eighth annual report of the Vestry...
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falling-off of 117; in deaths from measles a falling-off of
1,732; and in influenza a falling-off of 738. While, on the
other hand, in deaths from small-pox there was an increase
of 165; in deaths from fever (mostly typhoid or enteric)
an increase of 252, in deaths from scarlet fever an increase
of 422; and in deaths from diphtheria an increase of 1380.
Table III. —Mortality of chief Zymotic Diseases in London
for 10 Years.
Hooping
Cough.
Measles.
Scarlet
Fever.
Diphtheria.
Fever.
Small
Pox.
Influenza.
3,188
2,285
1,444
973
1,045
913
-
1884
2,479
896
-
2,928
707
695
899
1885
2,078
846
1886
2,834
688
701
24
-
2,928
2,894
1,467
961
672
9
1887
-
-
2,987
2,401
1,209
1,301
9
1888
720
-
1,749
2,314
784
1,588
596
1
1889
3,285
861
636
3
652
1890
3,227
1,387
1,807
2,876
597
2,338
589
1,361
8
1891
2,447
1,885
467
3,393
1,174
41
2,264
1892
2,330
1,596
1,661
3,265
719
206
1893
1,526
366
102
223
366
118
1893
5
-
West D.
385
1,043
-
553
437
185
11
North D.
170
35
192
Central D.
62
-
136
-
368
138
1
371
135
East D.
519
-
1,139
217
15
-
904
538
South D.
633
Metropolitan
Hospitals outside
London.
-
175
6
2
174
-
-
Table III.—Mortality of chief Zymotic Diseases in London for 10 Years.
| Hooping Cough. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Fever. | Small Pox. | Influenza. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884 | 3,188 | 2,285 | 1,444 | 973 | 1,045 | 913 | – | |
| 1885 | 2,479 | 2,928 | 707 | 896 | 695 | 899 | – | |
| 1886 | 2,834 | 2,078 | 688 | 846 | 701 | 24 | – | |
| 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 | |
| West D. | 366 | 102 | 223 | 366 | 118 | 5 | – | 1893 |
| North D. | 553 | 385 | 437 | 1,043 | 185 | 11 | – | |
| Central D. | 136 | 170 | 35 | 192 | 62 | – | – | |
| East D. | 368 | 371 | 138 | 519 | 135 | 1 | – | |
| South D. | 904 | 633 | 538 | 1,139 | 217 | 15 | – | |
| Metropolitan Hospitals outside London. | – | – | 175 | 6 | 2 | 174 | – | |