Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1895
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TABLE 14.
Inhabitants. | All diseases. | Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cases. | Rates. | Cases. | Rates. | Cases. | Rates. | ||
Tenements of ONE room:— | |||||||
Totals | 9,676 | 51 | 5.2 | 17 | 1.7 | 22 | 1.2 |
With 2 persons or less per room | 5,040 | 14 | 2.6 | 4 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.1 |
„ more than 2 | 4,636 | 37 | 7.9 | 13 | 2.8 | 21 | 4.5 |
Tenements of TWO rooms:— | |||||||
Totals | 19,589 | 174 | 8.8 | 63 | 3.2 | 100 | 5.1 |
With 2 persons or less per room | 9,992 | 76 | 7.6 | 29 | 2.9 | 39 | 3.9 |
,, more than 2 | 9,597 | 98 | 10.2 | 34 | 3.5 | 61 | 6.3 |
Tenements of THREE rooms:— | |||||||
Totals | 19,009 | 195 | 10.2 | 66 | 3.4 | 116 | 6.1 |
With 2 persons or less per room | 14,817 | 153 | 10.3 | 50 | 3.3 | 97 | 6.7 |
„ more than 2 | 4,192 | 42 | 10.0 | 16 | 3.8 | 19 | 4.6 |
Tenements of FOUR rooms:— | |||||||
Totals | 9,824 | 90 | 9.1 | 28 | 2.8 | 57 | 5.8 |
With 2 persons or less per room | 8,429 | 85 | 10.0 | 26 | 3.0 | 54 | 6.4 |
„ more than 2 | 1,395 | 5 | 3.5 | 2 | 1.4 | 3 | 2.1 |
Tenements of FOUR rooms or less :— | |||||||
Totals | 58,098 | 510 | 8.7 | 174 | 2.9 | 295 | 5.0 |
With 2 persons or less per room | 38,278 | 328 | 8.5 | 109 | 2.8 | 191 | 4.9 |
„ more than 2 | 19,820 | 182 | 9.1 | 65 | 3.2 | 104 | 5.2 |
In tenements of FIVE rooms or more | 59,748 | 200 | 3.3 | 55 | 0.9 | 105 | 1.7 |