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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
Fulham 1903
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1903
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During the past 10 years the deaths and death-rates from
the seven principal Zymotic diseases have been as under: —
TABLE XIII.
| Year. | Deaths. | Death-rate. |
|---|---|---|
| 1893 | 344 | 3.3 |
| 1894 | 426 | 4.0 |
| 1895 | 345 | 3.1 |
| 1896 | 422 | 3.6 |
| 1897 | 360 | 3.0 |
| 1898 | 396 | 3.2 |
| 1899 | 423 | 3.3 |
| 1900 | 397 | 2.9 |
| 1901 | 387 | 2.8 |
| 1902 | 454 | 3.2 |
| Average for 10 years 1893—1902 | 396 | 3.3 |
| 1903 | 325 | 2.2 |
The death-rate from the seven principal infectious diseases
in the County of London was 1.8 per 1,000 as compared with a
mean rate in the 10 years 1893 —1902 of 2.6 per 1,000. Among
the various metropolitan boroughs the death-rates from these
diseases ranged from 0.58 in Hampstead, 0.86 in the City of
London, and 0.96 in Lewisham to 2.4 in Stepney, 2.9 in Shoreditch,
and 3.0 in Poplar.