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
Acton 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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In the following table the death-rate and Zymotic death-rate are so arranged that comparison can be made for the last thirteen years:—
| 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 1 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 24 | — | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | ||||
| Diphtheria | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | |||||||
| Whooping Cough | 9 | 13 | 3 | 25 | 5 | 17 | 5 | — | 14 | 4 | |||
| Typhoid Fever | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | — | 7 | 4 | ||||
| Diarrhoea and Dysentery | 34 | 17 | 44 | 37 | 50 | 56 | 50 | ||||||
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total number of deaths from 7 Zymotic Diseases | 43 | 45 | 91 | 63 | 93 | 78 | 85 | ||||||
| Deaths from other causes | 377 | 334 | 396 | 330 | 371 | 373 | 439 | 423 | 443 | ||||
| Total deaths | 306 | 437 | 341 | 413 | 425 | 393 | 478 | 503 | 517 | 509 | 528 | ||
| Death-rate from seven Zymotic Diseases per thousand | |1.9 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | ||||
| Death-rate from other causes per thousand | 12.9 | 12.0 | 15.3 | 13.4 | I5.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 11.5 | |||||
| General Death-rate per thousand | 13.99 | 18.9 | 13.9 | 17 | 17.2 | 15.7 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 15.1 | 13.7 | |||
| In London the Zymotic Death-rate was 2.19 per 1,000. | |||||||||||||