London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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TABLE I.
Registrar-General's Annual Reports.
Annual Mortality per Million Persons Living.
| England and Wales. | London. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Period. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. |
| 1851-60 | 412 | 982 | 1851-60 | 530 | 1017 | ||
| 1861-70 | 443 | 971 | 187 | 1861-70 | (389) | 1133 | 179 |
| 576 | |||||||
| 1871-80 | 379 | 719 | 121 | 1871-80 | (418) 510 | 600 | 122 |
| 1881-90 | 411 | 338 | 163 | 1881-90 | (.365) 636 | 335 | 259 |
| 1891-1900 | 414 | 158 | 263 | 1891-1900 | (474) 583 (482) | 188 | 500 |
Note.—The figures in brackets in the measles column for London represent the annual
mortality from measles per million children living at ages 0-5 in London, and
have been extracted from the Annual Reports of the Medical Officer of Health
for the Administrative County of London.