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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 Olave 1893
Annual report on the sanitary condition of the District for the year 1893
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these 273 deaths are equivalent to a death-rate for the year
of 21.2 per 1000.
The death-rate for London for the year was 21.3.
The corrected death-rates of St. Olave's and of London for the past four years are as under—
| Yar. | St. Olave's Death-Rate per 1000. | London Death-Rate per 1000. |
|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 20.2 | 21.5 |
| 1891 | 25.2 | 21.4 |
| 1892 | 23.7 | 20.4 |
| 1893 | 21.2 | 21.3 |
There is no doubt that the epidemics of influenza are mainly
the cause of these comparatively high death-rates. The detailed
causes of death will be found on turning to the various
tables accompanying this Report.
The death-rate in St. Olave's from the seven principal
zymotic diseases was 15 per 1000, a remarkably low rate
considering the large number of cases of scarlet fever which
occurred during the year.
The great value of compulsory notification has been
especially shown this year; without notification the above low
zymotic death-rate would have given a very inacurate idea
of the true sanitary condition. Notification, this year, has
proved that we have had an exceptionally heavy visitation of
zymotic diseases. Two hundred and nineteen notifications
have been received, and it has been found on enquiry that no
less than 193 of these belonged to the District.