Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1910
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DEATHS FROM THE NINE PRINCIPAL
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The total number of deaths of Residents that
were registered from the nine principal zymotic
diseases was 165 against 205 in the previous year.
The deaths of Residents last year from these diseases
were equal to 107 per 1,000 of the total deaths of
Residents registered, and were at the rate of 1.3 deaths
per 1,000 persons living. The deaths from the nine
principal zymotic diseases in the whole of London
were equal to 90 per 1,000 of the total deaths
registered, and were at the rate of 11 deaths per 1,000
persons living. These deaths were, therefore, as
compared with the total deaths of Residents registered,
17 greater per 1,000 deaths belonging to this Borough
than in London, and, as compared with the population,
.2 per 1,000 greater in this Borough than in London.
The following table shows the deaths of Residents registered from the nine principal zymotic diseases which occurred in the 10 years 1901 to 1910:—
YEAR. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Simple continued Fever. | Diarrhœa and Cholera. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1901 | 14 | 50 | 13 | 36 | 75 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 134 | 339 |
1902 | 14 | 75 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 81 | 236 |
1903 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 87 | 182 |
1904 | 0 | 105 | 7 | 23 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 126 | 298 |
1905 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 21 | 54 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 89 | 210 |
1906 | 0 | 56 | 16 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 144 | 271 |
1907 | 0 | 52 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 161 |
1908 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 108 | 171 |
1909 | 0 | 84 | 9 | 26 | 39 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 205 |
1910 | 0 | 67 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 165 |
Average in last 10 years. | 3 | 56 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 89 | 224 |