Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1898
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ST. JOHN.
ST. MARY.
PADDINGTON.
District.
TABLE 8.
Comparison of Notification Rates per 1,000 individuals in each
Age-Sex-Group.
(Corrected for Duplicates.)
All ages.
5 & over.
under 5.
All ages.
5 & over.
under 5.
All ages.
5 & ovpr.
under 5.
Age-group.
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
Year.
0.0
—
—
—
—
0.0
_—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0.2
0.1
0.0
—
—
0.2
0.1
0.0
—
—
0.6
—
—
—
—
0.2
0.1
0.0
—
—
0.1
0.1
0.0
—
—
0.5
—
—
—
—
Smallpox.
MALES.
1.4
1.8
2.3
2.0
0.7
1.2
0.3
l.0
1.3
0.7
4.2
6.4
11.2
10.4
1.0
3.7
2.4
2.2
| 3.2
2.5
2.2
1.7
1.0
1.8
1.5
14.3
7.6
11.1
3.2
9.7
| 3.1
2.1
2.2
2.8
2.1 |
1.9
1.4
1.1
1.7
1.3
12.6
7.4
11.1
11.3
8.3
Diphtheria &
Mem. Croup.
0.8
0.2
0.4
0.8
0.6
0.9
0.2
0.5
0.8
0.5
—
—
—
1.0
1.0
1.0
0.8
0.5
1.2
1.4
1.0
0.8
0.5
1.2
1.4
1.4_
0.8
1.0
1.2
1.6
1.0
0.7
0.0
1.1
1.2
1.0
0.7
0.5
1.1
1.2
1.2
0.6
0.8
1.8
1.6
Erysipelas.
2.3
2.4
5.2
2.6
1.7
1.7
2.0
4.6
1.9
1.6
8.5
6.4
12.2
10.4
2.1
2.7
4.2
8.2
4.5
3.0
1.9
3.1
6.8
3.5
2.3
8.6
12.2
17.8
11.9
7.8
2.6
3.8
7.5
4.1
2.7
1.8
2.9
6.3
3.1
2.1
8.6
11.3
16.9
11.7
6.8
Scarlet.
Fevers.
0.8
0.7
1.2
0.4
0.3
0.7
0.8
1.2
0.5
0.4
2.1
—
1.0
—
—
0.8
0.6
0.6
0.4
0.9
0.9
0.7
0.7
0.5
0.9
0.6
0.2
—
0.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.8
0.4
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.9
0.5
0.8
0.8
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.8
Enteric &
Continued.
5.6
4.3
9.0
6.0
3.3
4.8
3.6
8.0
4.6
3.2
14.9
12.8
24.5
21.8
4.1
8.6
8.4
11.8
9.7
7.8
0.2
6.6
9.3
7.0
6.1
25.7
20.9
30.0
26-5
20.1
7.9
7.5
11.2
8.6
6 .8
5.6
5.9
9.0
8.6
5.4
23.9
19.6
29.1
25.7
17.6
All Dihease-.
| 0.1
0.0
—
—
—
0.1
0.0
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
—
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
—
0.2
—
—
—
—
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
—
0.2
0.0
0.0 i
0.0
—
0.3
—
—
—
—
Smallpox.
FEMALES.
1.2
0.8
0.8
1 .1
0.9
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.7
0.9
5.0
2.0
5.8
7.9
2.9
| 3.9
2.1
1.9
2.8
2.3
2.7
1.7
1.2
1.8
1.6
14.4
6.4
8.3
12.0
9.1
3.0
1.8
1.6
2.3
1.9
2.2
1.4
1.0
1.5
1.4
12.8
5.7
7.9
11.4
8.1
Diphtheria &
Mem. Croup.
0.8
0.4
0.6
0.7
0.5
0.9
0.4
0.6
0.8
0.6
—
—
—
—
—
| 1.0
1.1
1.3
1.1
1.0
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.6
0.2
0.7
1.0
0.7
0.9
0.9
1.1
1.0
0.9
1.0
0.9
1.2
1.0
0.9
0.5
0.1
0.6
0.9
0.6
Erysipelas.
1.1
2.0
2.8
1.3
1.4
1.2
1.8
2.3
1.0
1.4
3.0
7.2
12.6
8.9
1.9
2.6
3.4
6.3
4.7
2.4
2.1
2.7
4.1
3.8
1.9
7.2
10 3
17.4
13.8
7.2
2.1
3.0
5.3
3.7
2.1
1.8
2.4
4.3
2.9
1.7
6.5
9.8
16.6
13.0
6.3
Scarlet.
Fevers.
0.5
0.3
0.1
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.4
0.1
0.3
0.4
—
—
—
—
—
0.3
0.5
0.3
0.3
0.5
0.3
0.5
0.3
0.3
0.5
0.2
—
—
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.2
0.3 |
0.4
_0.1
—
—
0.5
0.3
Enteric &
Continued.
0.0
—
—
—
—
0.0
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.1
! 0.1
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
—
—
—
—
—
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
—
—
—
—
_
Puerperul.
3.9
3.8
4.4
3.4
3.2
3.9
3.6
3.7
2.8
3.2
9.1
9.2
18.5
16.8
4.9
8.2
7.5
10.2
9.1
6.3
6.7
6.6
8.5
7.1
5.1
22.6
16.9
26.5
27.4
17.4
7.0
6.4
8.5
7.5
5.4
5.8
5.6
7.0
5.8
4.5
20.3
15.7
25.1
25.7
15.4
All Diseases.
— No cases noticed. 0.0 Kates under 0.1 per tuousanu.