Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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Table V.
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. |
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Small-pox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
Measles | 23 | 17 | 30 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 34 | 16 | 21 | 30 | 23.3 | 12.5 | 13 | 71 |
Scarlet Fever | 9 | 32 | 40 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 36 | 40 | 18 | 18 | 23.8 | 12.8 | 11 | 6.0 |
Diphtheria | 2 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 9.7 | 5.2 | 27 | 14.6 |
Whooping Cough | 32 | 22 | 42 | 45 | 19 | 64 | 33 | 50 | 15 | 63 | 38.5 | 20.8 | 21 | 11.4 |
Typhus Fever | 23 | 25 | 37 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.4 | 13.7 | 0 | 16.3 |
Enteric (or Typhoid) Fever | 17 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 21 | |||||||
Simple Continued Fever | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
Diarrhœa | 58 | 61 | 60 | 47 | 35 | 54 | 32 | 39 | 33 | 34 | 45.3 | 24.4 | 27 | 14.6 |
Cholera | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.9 | 10 | 1 | 0.5 |
Total | 150 | 161 | 227 | 174 | 151 | 183 | 166 | 182 | 136 | 179 | 170.9 | 92.0 | 129 | 69.9 |