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 1916
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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 1906 to 1915 and in the year 1916.
| Disease. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | 1915. | Annual Average of 10 yrs. 1906 to 1915. | 1916. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 60 | 71 | 105 | 78 | 58 | 128 | 90 | 59 | 70 | 105 | 82 | 19 |
| Scarlet Fever | 22 | 43 | 39 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 5 |
| Diphtheria | 20 | 18 | 29 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 21 | 26 |
| Whooping Cough | 63 | 53 | 42 | 37 | 34 | 44 | 28 | 30 | 48 | 36 | 41 | 44 |
| Fever | 14 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Diarrhœa (and Enteritis after 1910) under 2 years | 152 | 59 | 102 | 90 | 43 | 230 | 48 | 145 | 173 | 128 | 117 | 73 |
| Totals | 331 | 251 | 330 | 254 | 182 | 416 | 186 | 252 | 330 | 322 | 285 | 169 |