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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
St Luke 1899
Report on the sanitary condition, vital statistics, &c., of the Parish of St. Luke, Middlesex for the year 1899
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Admissions and deaths at the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals, the Highgate Small-pox Hospital, and the London Fever Hospital of persons suffering from Small-pox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Enteric Fever, 1890-1899:—
| Years. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admissions. | Deaths. | Admissions. | Deaths. | Admissions. | Deaths. | Admissions. | Deaths. | |
| 1890 | 25 | 4 | 6,991 | 521 | 965 | 317 | 518 | 95 |
| 1891 | 67 | 8 | 5,601 | 860 | 1,330 | 399 | 759 | 108 |
| 1892 | 366 | 38 | 13,686 | 850 | 2,021 | 584 | 430 | 65 |
| 1898 | 2,546 | 190 | 15,312 | 918 | 2,853 | 866 | 544 | 110 |
| 1894 | 1,226 | 108 | 11,892 | 725 | 3,691 | 1,041 | 538 | 96 |
| 1895 | 971 | 65 | 11,800 | 601 | 3,688 | 824 | 661 | 119 |
| 1896 | 211 | 8 | 16,627 | 674 | 4,580 | 956 | 600 | 96 |
| 1897 | 73 | 13 | 15,550 | 628 | 5,726 | 993 | 664 | 124 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | 12,456 | 521 | 6,615 | 996 | 869 | 143 |
| 1899 | 18 | 3 | 13,744 | 359 | 8,758 | 1,193 | 1,536 | 241 |
Whooping Cough was the cause of 13 deaths, being a smaller
number than it has been my duty to record for the past 10 years.
During the previous two years respectively 24 and 27 deaths were
certified. The deaths from this disease in London numbered
1,720, aud was equal to a death-rate of 0.38 per 1,000 living, the
mean rate for the ten years 1889-98 having been 0.54 per 1,000.
Whooping Cough not being a notifiable disease, I am unable
to state the amount of sickness due to it during the year.
Measles.—For the same reason as that mentioned in reference
to whooping cough the degree of Measles can only be judged by