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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
Paddington 1895
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1895
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TABLE V. Table showing the Number of Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases in the Ten Years 1885 to 1894, and in the Year 1895.
| DISEASE. | 1885. | 1886. | 1887. | 1888. | 1889. | 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1891. | Annual Averages, 1885—94. | Total Deaths in 1895. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 11 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | 1.9 | 1.9 | ... | ||
| Measles | 63 | 66 | 33 | 66 | 11 | 77 | 7 | 81 | 30 | 66 | 50.0 | 52.5 | 18 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 8 | 11 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 13 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 14 | ||
| Diphtheria | 25 | 28 | 27 | 75 | 39 | 45 | 27 | 32 | 69 | 92 | 45.9 | 48.1 | 49 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 59 | 55 | 19 | 74 | 26 | 82 | 67 | 29 | 59 | 44 | 51.4 | 54.0 | 20 | ||
| Fever. | Typhus | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.1 | 0.1 | ... | |
| Enteric | 17 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 15 | ||
| Simple Continued | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.5 | 0.5 | ... | ||
| Diarrhœa | 65 | 92 | 63 | 38 | 63 | 62 | 76 | 82 | 65 | 45 | 65.1 | 68.4 | 91 | ||
| L 2 | TOTALS. | Paddinqton | 252 | 268 | 187 | 283 | 163 | 283 | 201 | 248 | 276 | 286 | 244.8 | 257.2 | 207 |
| London | 11,261 | 11,121 | 12,684 | 10,803 | 9,709 | 12,279 | 9,675 | 11,983 | 13,223 | 11,544 | 11,428.2 | 12,061.3 | 11,545 | ||
| England & Wales | 57,726 | 62,859 64,676 | 50,684 | 61,027 | 59,698 | 53,221 | 58,824 | 84,433 | 52,765 | 60,591 3 | 64,287.3 | 64,901 | |||