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
St James's 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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| 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Measles | 24 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 26 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 27 | |
| Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria | 6 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Whooping Cough | 30 | 18 | 14 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 3 | |||
| Diarrhcea | 28 | 29 | 11 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Typhus and Typhoid Fever | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Cholera | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 102 | 77 | 45 | 75 | 76 | 50 | 89 | 48 | 93 | 51 | 57 | 18 | 38 | 36 | 27 | 29 | 26 | 31 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 33 | 20 | 42 |
During the 25 years, 1872-96 inclusive, the deaths from these Zymotics were 1,171, being an average yearly mortality of 46.84.