Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1914 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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TABLE V. Showing the number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, inclusive of Hospital Deaths in the 10 years 1904 to 1913 and in the year 1914.
| Disease. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907 | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | Annual Average of lOyrs. 1904 -1913. | 1914 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.8 | — | |
| Measles | 89 | 48 | 60 | 71 | 105 | 78 | 58 | 128 | 90 | 59 | 79 | 70 |
| Scarlet Fever | 18 | 27 | 22 | 43 | 39 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 7 |
| Diphtheria | 48 | 31 | 20 | 18 | 29 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 22 | 28 |
| Whooping Cough | 44 | 50 | 63 | 53 | 42 | 37 | 34 | 44 | 28 | 30 | 42 | 48 |
| Fever | 7 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| Diarrhoea (and En-teritis after 1910) under 2 years | 147 | 119 | 152 | 59 | 102 | 90 | 43 | 230 | 48 | 145 | 114 | 173 |
| Totals | 361 | 284 | 331 | 251 | 330 | 254 | 182 | 416 | 186 | 252 | 285 | 330 |