London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Acton 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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In the following table the death rate and Zymotic deaths

1888.1889.1890.1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.
Small Pox---------
Measles12511924215624
Scarlet Fever2134-10331
Diphtheria287242558
Whooping Cough9133625517521
Typhoid Fever-1134222
Diarrhœa & Dysentery101218243460174437
Puerperal Fever----1642-
Total number of Deaths from 7 Zymotic Diseases246043459189636793
Deaths from other causes282377298368334396330411371
Total Deaths306437341413425486393478464
Death rate from 7 Zymotic diseases per thousand1.092.81.91.83.63.42.22.43.1
Death rate from other causes per thousand12.916.112.015.313.415.21214.812.6
General Death rate per thousand13.9918.913.917.11718.614.217.215.7

In London the Zymotic Death rate was 3-1 per thousand.