Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1898
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TABLE G. Showing the Deaths from the principal Zymotic diseases in the 10 years, 1888 to 1897,in the year 1898.
1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | Annual Average for 10 years. | Proportion of deaths to 1000 deaths in 10 years, 1888-1897. | Deaths in 1898. | Proportion of deaths to 1000 deaths in 1898. | |
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Smallpox | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 0.7 | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 70 | 52 | 125 | 27 | 128 | 12 | 160 | 50 | 101 | 50 | 77 | 40.2 | 59 | 27.5 |
Scarlet Fever | 14 | 23 | 32 | 8 | 29 | 34 | 35 | 21 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 13.6 | 35 | 16.3 |
Diphtheria | 10 | 12 | 22 | 31 | 31 | 65 | 108 | 77 | 78 | 63 | 50 | 29.0 | 61 | 28.4 |
Whooping Cough | 67 | 68 | 69 | 30 | 65 | 81 | 58 | 50 | 68 | 61 | 62 | 29.2 | 41 | 19.5 |
Enteric Fever | 11 | 6 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 5.6 | 17 | 7.9 |
Typhus Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Simple Continued Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0.4 |
Diarrhœa | 77 | 82 | 112 | 107 | 93 | 133 | 57 | 133 | 138 | 147 | 108 | 62.2 | 182 | 84.7 |