Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1893
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TABLE V.
DISEASE. | 1883. | 1884. | 1885. | 1886. | 1887. | 1888. | 1889. | 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | Annual Average of 10 Years. 1883 to 1892. | 1893. |
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Small-Pox | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | .7 | 1 |
Measles | 29 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9.9 | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3.3 | 1 |
Diphtheria | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 |
Whooping Cough | 2 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 6.6 | 2 |
Fever | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 2.1 | 1 |
Diarrhœa | 9 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6.6 | 2 |
Total | 58 | 44 | 33 | 37 | 24 | 33 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 29 | 32.9 | 14 |