Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1902 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Number. | Zymotic Death-Rate. | |
---|---|---|
Bloomsbury and St. Giles | 80 | 2 .54 |
Holborn Sub-District | 62 | 2'.22 |
Holborn Borough | 142 | 2.39 |
And for London | 10,280 | 2.21 |
The following are the numbers of deaths from the separate diseases:—
Bloomsbury and St. Giles. | Holborn Sab-District. | Holborn Borough. | |
---|---|---|---|
Small-pox | 37 | 9 | 46 |
Measles | 11 | 19 | 30 |
Scarlet Fever | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 5 | 6 | 11 |
Whooping Cough | 11 | 16 | 27 |
Typhoid Fever | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Typhus | — | - | - |
Diarrhœa | 5 | 9 | 14 |
Total | 80 | 62 | 142 |
Year. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1892 | - | 47 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 104 |
1893 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 25 | 101 |
1894 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 80 |
1895 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 30 | 77 |
1896 | — | 41 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 87 |
1897 | — | 9 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 63 |
1898 | — | 26 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 70 |
1899 | — | 16 | — | 4 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 55 |
1900 | — | 11 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 20 | 63 |
1901 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 64 |
Average for 10 years 1892-1901 | 2.5 | 20.2 | 4.3 | 10 | 12.9 | 6.0 | 20.5 | 76.4 |
1902 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 80 |