Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1908
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Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever. | III-defined Pyrexia. | Diarrœa. | Phthisis. | Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1,000 Births. |
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6,599 | — | 1,524 | 548 | 724 | 984 | — | 225 | 2 | 2,592 | 6,419 | 113 |
133 | _ | 35 | 15 | 16 | 11 | — | 4 | — | 52 | 155 | 111 |
169 | — | 32 | 9 | 27 | 7 | — | 5 | — | 89 | 182 | 126 |
137 | — | 15 | 11 | 13 | 19 | — | 5 | — | 74 | 159 | 124 |
277 | — | 71 | 17 | 32 | 34 | — | 10 | — | 113 | 199 | 118 |
90 | — | 12 | 8 | 12 | 17 | — | 5 | — | 36 | 97 | 114 |
102 | — | 23 | 7 | 16 | 8 | — | 6 | — | 42 | 213 | 111 |
11O | — | 25 | 13 | 14 | 13 | — | 6 | — | 39 | 149 | 64 |
39 | — | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | — | 5 | — | 12 | 73 | 72 |
255 | — | 46 | 20 | 22 | 69 | — | 10 | — | 88 | 363 | 115 |
353 | — | 80 | 31 | 57 | 55 | — | 18 | — | 112 | 440 | 106 |
45 | — | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | — | 4 | — | 19 | 59 | 96 |
365 | — | 75 | 31 | 45 | 44 | — | 7 | — | 163 | 292 | 111 |
59 | — | 11 | 7 | 5 | 8 | — | 5 | — | 23 | 117 | 80 |
205 | — | 44 | 13 | 16 | 25 | — | 12 | — | 95 | 210 | 113 |
8 | — | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 35 | 95 |
245 | — | 51 | 29 | 13 | 24 | — | 11 | — | 117 | 234 | 144 |
329 | — | 104 | 40 | 28 | 42 | — | 13 | — | 102 | 215 | 136 |
800 | — | 264 | 55 | 75 | 129 | — | '4 | 1 | 262 | 494 | 127 |
394 | — | 82 | 37 | 33 | 73 | — | 14 | — | 155 | 234 | 126 |
378 | — | 77 | 24 | 32 | 50 | — | 7 | — | 188 | 403 | 136 |
299 | — | 107 | 25 | 23 | 22 | — | 12 | 1 | 109 | 246 | 146 |
387 | — | IOI | 42 | 45 | 50 | — | 8 | — | 141 | 472 | 93 |
222 | — | 48 | 24 | 22 | 39 | — | 6 | — | 83 | 223 | 110 |
275 | — | 44 | 21 | 37 | 62 | — | 7 | — | 104 | 282 | 98 |
306 | — | 54 | 24 | 41 | 54 | — | 7 | — | 126 | 318 | 106 |
164 | — | 33 | 6 | 10 | 25 | — | 6 | — | 82 | 153 | 123 |
140 | — | 16 | 6 | 18 | 31 | — | 9 | — | 60 | 122 | 119 |
197 | — | 46 | 11 | 43 | 30 | 4 | — | 63 | 135 | 87 | |
123 | — | 10 | 9 | 21 | 32 | — | 3 | 48 | 160 | 94 |