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 St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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T able 5A .
ST. PANCRAS SANITARY DISTRICT.
Shewing the Number of Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases in the 10 years 1892 to 1901, and in the year 1902.
Disease. | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | Number of Deaths, Annual Average of 10 years 1892-01. | Number of Deaths in 1902. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 total Deaths in 10 years 1892-01. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 total Deaths in 1902. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-pox | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | 41 | 6.1 | 82 | 1.3 | 18.3 |
Measles | 229 | 149 | 86 | 217 | 130 | 89 | 110 | 99 | 123 | 65 | 129.7 | 111 | 27.6 | 24.8 |
Scarlet Fever | 67 | 101 | 44 | 51 | 37 | 24 | 51 | 25 | 10 | 33 | 44.3 | 48 | 9.4 | 10.7 |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 114 | 199 | 124 | 131 | 99 | 112 | 98 | 111 | 71 | 109 | 116.8 | 106 | 24.9 | 23.7 |
Whooping Cough | 147 | 103 | 111 | 86 | 121 | 122 | 85 | 141 | 104 | 84 | 110.4 | 109 | 23.5 | 24.3 |
Typhus Fever | .. | • • | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 26 | 24 | 40 | 28 | 29 | 38 | 42 | 43 | 63 | 31 | 36.4 | 44 | 7.7 | 9.8 |
Simple Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhœa and Dysentery | 139 | 188 | 105 | 218 | 217 | 262 | 261 | 247 | 244 | 196 | 207.7 | 83 | 44.2 | 18.5 |
Totals | 724 | 773 | 518 | 732 | 633 | 647 | 647 | 666 | 615 | 559 | 651.4 | 583 | 133.6 | 130.1 |