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 for the year 1911
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TABLE XII. Deaths from the seven principal Infectious Diseases.
1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | Mean number of Deaths 1901—1910. | Mean Death-rate 1901—1910. | Deaths 1911. | Death-rate 1911. | |
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Smallpox | 3 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.6 | 0.01 | ... | 0.00 |
Measles | 37 | 168 | 62 | 64 | 85 | 53 | 69 | 71 | 74 | 65 | 75 | 0.51 | 64 | 0.42 |
Scarlet Fever | 20 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 0.10 | 6 | 0.04 |
Whooping Cough | 76 | 65 | 48 | 58 | 82 | 31 | 75 | 34 | 48 | 60 | 58 | 0.40 | 28 | 0.18 |
Diphtheria | 48 | 51 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 33 | 38 | 32 | 39 | 14 | 33 | 0.23 | 27 | 0.18 |
Enteric Fever | 22 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0.07 | 8 | 0.05 |
Diarrhœa and Enteritis | 208 | 147 | 181 | 255 | 222 | 298 | 123 | 140 | 116 | 79 | 177 | 1.22 | 236 | 1.54 |
414 | 472 | 339 | 411 | 446 | 446 | 327 | 304 | 291 | 227 | 368 | 2.54 | 369 | 2.41 |