London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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

Westminster 1899

Annual report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the united Parishes of St. Margaret & St. John, Westminster for the year 1899.

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Table: Table II.—Comparative Table of deaths from the principal zymotic diseases and deaths of infants under one year of age:—

Table II.—Comparative Table of deaths from the principal zymotic diseases and deaths of infants under one year of age:—

Years.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.
Deaths (Total)1297129010061154987100510931174
Small Pox————————
Measles775372317234817
Scarlet Fever182589101465
Diphtheria & Membranous Croup4414221522202011
Whooping Cough201519132813375
Typhus————-————
Enteric Fevera743105109
Simple & ill-defined Fever—1——————
Diarrhoea2243112728402630
Deaths of infants under one year of age233255180246209200198229
Deaths under one year to every 1,000 births registered169188147192171161182205