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Hammersmith 1894

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Parish of Hammersmith for the year ending December 29th, 1894.

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DEATHS FROM THE NINE PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The total number of deaths of parishioners that were
registered from the nine principal zymotic diseases during
last year was 272, against 286 in the previous year. The
deaths of parishioners last year from these diseases were
equal to 16.5 per cent. of the total deaths of parishioners
registered, and were at the rate of 0.26 deaths per 100
persons living. The deaths from the nine principal
zymotic diseases in the whole of London were equal to
15.0 deaths per cent. of the total deaths registered, and
were at the rate of 0.27 deaths per 100 persons living;
these deaths were, therefore, as compared with the total
deaths of parishioners registered, 1.5 per cent. greater in
this Parish than in London: but as compared with the
population. 0.01 per cent. less in this Parish than in
London.

TABLE III. The following table shows the deaths of parishioners registered from the nine principal zymotic diseases which occurred in the years 1885 to 1894.

Year.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Whooping Cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Simple Continued Fever.Diarrtœa and Cholera.Total.
188568671346072100267
1886115121648014399208
188701012643521132101339
1888058203778016370282
1889023164637015253192
1890095165075014098348
18910109725005374223
1892012211715304381345
1893043256510152126286
1894072105355015067272

CASES OF ILLNESS REPORTED AS DUE TO INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
There were 684 cases of illness reported as due to notifiable
infectious diseases in this Parish during last year,
against 1,252 in the previous year. There were also 142