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

Westminster 1896

Annual report upon the public health & sanitary condition of the united Parishes of St. Margaret & St. John, Westminster for the year 1896

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Table: Table II.—Comparative Table of deaths from the principal zymotic diseases and deaths of infants under one year of age:-

Table II.—Comparative Table of deaths from the principal zymotic diseases and deaths of infants under one year of age:-

Years.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.
Deaths (Total)1297129010061154987
Small Pox-----
Measles775372317
Scarlet Fever18258910
Diphtheria & Membranous Croup4414221522
Whooping Cough2015191328
Typhus-----
Enteric Fever374310
Simple and Ill-defined Fever-1---
Diarrhœa2243112728
Deaths of Infants under one year of age233255180246209
Deaths under one year to every 1,000 Births registered169188147192171