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
St Giles (Camden) 1893
Annual report for the year ending 25th March 1894
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TABLE
Showing the Number of Deaths in the Ten Years, 1883 to 1892, from the Seven Principal Zymotic
Diseases, and the Number in 1893, etc.
| Disease. | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | Annual average of 10 years, 1883 to 1892. | Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths in 10 years, 1883 to 1892. | 1893 | Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths in 1893. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | ... | 19 | 18 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4 | 4.3 |
| Measles | 31 | 40 | 17 | 43 | 15 | 16 | 41 | 17 | 43 | 47 | 31.0 | 30.0 | 5 | 5.3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 16 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ... | 3 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 12 | 12.9 |
| Diphtheria | 19 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 13.9 | 13.4 | 21 | 22.6 |
| Whooping-Cough | 9 | 48 | 26 | 38 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 23.0 | 22.3 | 18 | 19.4 |
| Fever | 20 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10.7 | 10.3 | 6 | 6.4 |
| Diarrhœa | 32 | 47 | 18 | 37 | 24 | 11 | 30 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 25.8 | 25.1 | 25 | 26.9 |
| Totals, St. Giles District | 127 | 201 | 106 | 137 | 108 | 66 | 114 | 85 | 113 | 104 | 116.1 | 112.5 | 91 | 98.2 |
| Totals, London | 10,801 | 13,629 | 11,261 | 11,121 | 12,684 | 10,803 | 9,709 | 12,279 | 9,675 | 11,983 | 11,551 | — | — | — |
| Totals, England and Wales | 58,972 | 71,762 | 57,726 | 62,859 | 64,676 | 50,684 | 61,027 | 59,698 | 53,221 | 56,032 | 61,035 | — | — | — |