Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1896
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We find, indeed, as regards England and Wales, that though
the death-rate from Measles was higher in the three years 1838,
1839, and 1840, than it has been in any three consecutive years
since, there has been no material decline in that death-rate
during the years 1838-94.
The following table shows the mortality from Scarlet Fever and from Diphtheria in England and Wales during each of the years 1838-1842 and 1847-1894. We are unable, for the earlier years included in the table, to separate those causes of death:—
Year. | Deaths from Scarlet Fever to every 100,000 living | Deaths from Diphtheria to every 100,000 living | Year. | Deaths from Scarlet Fever to every 100,000 living | Deaths from Diphtheria to every 100,000 living |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1838 | 38 | 1867 | 57 | 12 | |
1839 | 67 | 1868 | 100 | 14 | |
1840 | 126 | 1869 | 124 | 12 | |
1841 | 89 | 1870 | 145 | 12 | |
1842 | 79 | 1871 | 82 | 11 | |
1843 | Causes of death not abstracted by Register-General | 1872 | 52 | 9 | |
1844 | 1873 | 56 | 11 | ||
1845 | 1874 | 105 | 15 | ||
1846 | 1875 | 85 | 14 | ||
1847 | 86 | 1876 | 69 | 13 | |
1848 | 118 | 1877 | 59 | 11 | |
1849 | 75 | 1878 | 75 | 14 | |
1850 | 75 | 1879 | 69 | 12 | |
1851 | 76 | 1880 | 68 | 11 | |
1852 | 104 | 1881 | 55 | 12 | |
1853 | 85 | 1882 | 52 | 15 | |
1854 | 100 | 1883 | 47 | 16 | |
1884 | 40 | 19 | |||
1855 | 89 | 2 | 1885 | 23 | 16 |
1856 | 71 | 3 | 1886 | 22 | 15 |
1857 | 65 | 8 | 1887 | 28 | 16 |
1858 | 121 | 34 | 1888 | 23 | 17 |
1859 | 98 | 52 | 1889 | 24 | 19 |
1860 | 49 | 26 | 1890 | 24 | 18 |
1861 | 45 | 23 | 1891 | 17 | 17 |
1862 | 73 | 24 | 1892 | 19 | 22 |
1863 | 148 | 32 | 1893 | 24 | 32 |
1864 | 142 | 26 | 1894 | 17 | 29 |
1865 | 84 | 20 | |||
1866 | 55 | 14 |