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. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
13
The following table gives, as usual, facilities for comparing the relative
mortality from certain classes of disease and proportion to 1,000 deaths
from all causes :
TABLE I.
SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE MORTALITY DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING FEBRUARY 27TH, 1904, FROM CERTAIN CLASSES OF DISEASE AND PROPORTION TO 1,000 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES:—
Total Deaths. 4 weeks ending Feb. 27th, 1904. | Proportion of the deaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes. 4 weeks ending Feb. 27, 1904. | Rate per 1,000 of the population. | Mean rate per 1,000 population for corresponding period 1898-1903. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. Deaths from the chief Zymotic Diseases | 16 | 89 | 1.57 | 2.50 |
2. Pulmonary, other than Phthisis | 42 | 233 | 4.10 | 6.32 |
3. Tubercular | 18 | 100 | 1.76 | 2.45 |
NOTES.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Influenza, Whooping Cough
Erysipelas, Croup, Fever, and Diarrhœa.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.