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St George (Westminster) 1888

[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 registered in the Parish in each of the ten years,1878to1887,from the principalinfectious Diseases and Diarrhœa, and the numberin1888.

DISEASE.1878.18791880.1881.1882.1833.18811885.1886.1887.Annual Average of ten years, 1878—1887Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in ten years, 1878—1887.1888.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 1888.
Small-pox50091022001.91.000.0
Measles1134162130134021203023.612.5126.6
Scarlet Fever9364018131171021616.28.684.4
Diphtheria414181415272535322220.610.95228.6
Whooping Cough6433501563214319402337.119.72815.4
Typhus Fever42130010001.10.500.0
Enteric (or Typhoid)Fever241215202121228121517.09.052.7
Simple Continued Fever422108I2122.31.210.5
Diarrhœa5432393334274437455840.321.42714.9
Cholera41122102101.40.700.0
Total183166182136179129185136153166161.585.513373.1