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Hammersmith 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith, Metropolitan Borough of]

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DEATHS FROM THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The total number of deaths of residents that
were registered from the seven principal zymotic
diseases was 103 against 315 in the previous year.
The deaths of residents last year from these diseases
were equal to 65 per 1,000 of the total deaths of
residents registered, and were at the rate of .8 deaths
per 1,000 persons living. The deaths from the seven
principal zymotic diseases in the whole of London
were equal to 80 per 1,000 of the total deaths
registered, and were at the rate of 1.1 deaths per 1,000
persons living. These deaths were, therefore, as
compared with the total deaths of residents registered,
15 less per 1,000 deaths belonging to this Borough than
in London, and, as compared with the population, .3 per
1,000 less in this Borough than in London.

The following table shows the deaths of residents registered from the seven principal zymotic diseases which occurred in the 10 years 1903 to 1912:—

year.small-pox.measles.scarlet fever.diphtheria and membranous croup.whooping cough.enteric fever.diarrhoea and cholera.Total.
1903027819311087182
1904o105723325126298
1905o30112154389210
1906o561627208144271
1907052102331639161
19080141115185108171
I90908492639542205
191006762526437165
1911034532317206315
191202831416438103
Average in last 10 years.05082.230692208