Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Thirty-ninth annual report of the Medical Officer of Health on the vital and sanitary condition of the Borough of Saint Pancras, London
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ST. PANCRAS SANITARY DISTRICT.
Table 5 b.
Shewing the Number of Deaths from the notifiable Infectious Diseases in the 10 years 1884 to 1893, and in the year 1894.
Disease. | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | Number of Deaths, Annual Average of 10 years, 1884-93. | Proper tion of Deaths to 1000 total deaths in 10 years, 1884-93. | Number of Deaths in 1894. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 total Deaths in 1691. |
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Smallpox , | 61 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13.8 | 2.9 | 8 | 1.9 |
Scarlet Fever | 44 | 31 | 26 | 58 | 52 | 28 | 27 | 32 | 67 | 101 | 46.6 | 9.5 | 44 | 10.2 |
Diphtheria | 45 | 37 | 44 | 59 | 72 | 62 | 141 | 80 | 114 | 187 | 85.3 | 17.4 | 117 | 29.0 |
Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 7 | |||
Typhus Fever | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 55 | 37 | 29 | 28 | 57 | 29 | 32 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 34.4 | 7.0 | 40 | 9.3 |
Fever, Simple & Continued | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | .. | .. |
Relapsing Fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever. | 16 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 10.8 | 2.2 | 7 | 1.6 |
Cholera | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.43 | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 27 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 36 | 19.3 | 3.9 | 15 | 3.3 |
Totals | 255 | 207 | 131 | 165 | 221 | 139 | 239 | 164 | 230 | 383 | 213.4 | 43.5 | 238 | 55.6 |