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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

Fulham 1897

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1897

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Table: TABLE G. Showing the Deaths from the principal Zymotic diseases in the 10 years, 1887 to 1896 and in the year 1897.

TABLE G. Showing the Deaths from the principal Zymotic diseases in the 10 years, 1887 to 1896 and in the year 1897.

1887188818891890189118921893189418951896Annua] Average for 10 years,Proportion of deaths to 1000 deaths in 10 years, 1887-1896.Deaths in 1897Proportion of deaths to 1000 deaths in 1897
Small-pox...1............33......17.........
Measles7970521252712812160501018044.55024.6
Scarlet Fever30142332829343521282514.02713.3
Diphtheria1910122231316510877784525.06331.0
Whooping Cough306768693065815850685329.66130.0
Enteric Fever161161982165129105.6125.9
Typhus Fever...1....................................
Simple Continued Fever...1..................1...............
Diarrhæa957782112107931335713313810357.514772.4