London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 22.
| ST. MARY'S. | ST. JOHN'S. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarters. | The Year. | Quarters. | The Year. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Smallpox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 5 | 7 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 4 | i | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Enteric Fever | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 4 | 3 |
| Diarrhœa | ... | 2 | 5 | ... | 21 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 38 | 41 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 7 | 2 | ... | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| Totals | 13 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 33 | 56 | 24 | 19 | 83 | 96 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Other Septic Diseases | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Influenza | 24 | 42 | 6 | 11 | ... | 2 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 59 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 12 | 13 |
| Alcoholism | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 |
| Malignant Disease | 12 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 45 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| Phthisis | 24 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 75 | 44 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 11 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 35 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Premature Birth | 9 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 40 | 25 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 1 |
| Bronchitis | 66 | 77 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 22 | 110 | 129 | 17 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 38 |
| Pneumonia | 22 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 52 | 44 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Violence of all kinds (including accidents) | 8 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ... | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 |