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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Paddington 1897
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1897
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TABLE V. Table showing the Number of Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases in the Ten Years 1887 to 1896, and in the Year 1897.
| DISEASE. | 1887. | 1888. | 1889. | 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896 (53wks.) | Annual Averages, * 1887—96. | Total Deaths in 1897. | Death-rates, 1897. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected. | Corrected. | ||||||||||||||
| Smallpox | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | ... | 1 | 0.9 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Measles | 33 | 66 | 11 | 77 | 7 | 81 | 30 | 66 | 18 | 103 | 49.2 | 52 | 2 | 0.01 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 35 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 13 | 14 | 22 | 16.6 | 18 | 20 | 0.15 | |
| Diphtheria | 27 | 75 | 39 | 45 | 27 | 32 | 69 | 92 | 49 | 67 | 52.2 | 55 | 65 | 0.51 | |
| Whooping Cough | 19 | 74 | 26 | 82 | 67 | 29 | 59 | 44 | 20 | 47 | 46.7 | 49 | 40 | 0.31 | |
| Fever. | Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric | 10 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 14.6 | 15 | 6 | 0.04 | |
| Simple Continued | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Diarrhoea | 63 | 38 | 63 | 62 | 76 | 82 | 65 | 45 | 91 | 66 | 65.1 | 69 | 107 | 0.84 | |
| Totals | 187 | 283 | 163 | 283 | 201 | 248 | 276 | 286 | 207 | 322 | 245.6 | 259 | 241 | 1.90 | |
* See also Tables 17 and 18 supra.