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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 James's 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. James's, Westminster]
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| 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 2 | .. | 3 | 18 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 11 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 26 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Scarlet Fever & Diphtheria | 31 | 39 | 75 | 14 | 6 | .. | 13 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | .. | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. |
| Whooping Cough | 21 | 43 | 12 | 19 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 12 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | .. | 3 | 11 | 7 |
| Diarrhœa | 17 | 13 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 7 |
| Typhus and Typhoid Fever | 6 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Total | 88 | 119 | 136 | 90 | 102 | 77 | 45 | 75 | 76 | 50 | 89 | 48 | 93 | 51 | 57 | 18 | 38 | 36 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 31 | 26 | 26 | 25 |
During the 25 years, 1868—1892 inclusive, the deaths from these Zymotics were 1,559, being an average yearly mortality of 62.36.
The Zymotic deaths registered in the Parish during the year 1892 were 25.
The Table on page 186 shows the Zymotic and some other deaths in each quarter of the year 1892.