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
Hanover Square 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square]
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Table V.
| DISEASE. | 1882. | 1883. | 1884. | 1885. | 1886. | 1887. | 1888. | 1889. | 1890. | 1891. | Annual Average of ten years, 1882—1891. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in ten years, 1882—1891. | 1892. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 1892. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Measles | 30 | 13 | 40 | 21 | 20 | 30 | 12 | 49 | 49 | 13 | 27.7 | 15.1 | 49 | 28.0 |
| Scarlet Fever | 13 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 3.8 | 4 | 2.2 |
| Diphtheria | 15 | 27 | 25 | 35 | 32 | 22 | 52 | 36 | 29 | 16 | 28.9 | 15.8 | 25 | 14.3 |
| Whooping Cough | 63 | 21 | 43 | 19 | 40 | 23 | 28 | 31 | 48 | 24 | 34.0 | 18.6 | 20 | 11.4 |
| Typhus Fever | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.l | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enteric (orTyphoid)Fever | 21 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 14.8 | 8.1 | 10 | 5.7 |
| Simple Continued Fever | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diarrhœa | 34 | 27 | 44 | 37 | 45 | 58 | 27 | 31 | 29 | 39 | 37.1 | 20.2 | 20 | 11.4 |
| Cholera | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Total | 179 | 129 | 185 | 136 | 153 | 166 | 133 | 167 | 171 | 108 | 152.7 | 83.3 | 129 | 73.6 |