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St George (Westminster) 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]

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Table V.

Showing the number of Deaths in each of the ten years,1869to1878, from the principal infectious Diseases

and Diarrhoea, and the number in1879.

DISEASE.1869.1870.1871.1872.1873.1874.1875.1876.1877.1878.Annual Average of ten years, 1869—1878.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in ten years, 1869—1878.1879.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 1879.
Small.pox1259310021258.54.500
Measles1428123823173021301122.412.33416.5
Scarlet Fever461333915932402219936.420.03617.5
Diphtheria7410922163946.636146.8
Whooping Cough5655436632224245196444.424.43316.0
Fever364130252325373325a32b30.816.9???c7.3
Diarrhoea6880657158616047355459.932.93215.5
Cholera12512221242.21010.5
Total229345263228150161227174151183211.1115.816680.7

a. Viz., Typhus, 2; Enteric (Typhoid), 17 ; and simple continued Fever, 6.
b. Viz., „ 4; „ „ 24; „ „ „ 4.
c.Viz., „ 2; „ „12; „ „ „ 2.