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St George (Westminster) 1883

[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,1873to1882,from the principal infectious Diseasesand Diarrhoea, and the number in1883.

DISEASE.1878.1874.1875.1876..1877.1878.1879.1880.1881.1882.Annual Average of ten years, 1878—1882.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in ten years, 1878—1882.1883.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 1883.
Small-pox100212500913.01.600.0
Measles2317302130113416213023.312.51371
Scarlet Fever93240221993640181823.812.8116.0
Diphtheria2216394141814159.75.22714.6
Whooping Cough3222424519643350156338.520.82111.4
Typhus Fever2325373324213025.413.7016.3
Enteric (or Typhoid) Fever17241215202121
Simple Continued Fever6422108
Diarrhœa5861604735543239333445.324.42714.6
Cholera22212411221.91010.5
Total150161227174151183166182136179170.992.012969.9