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. Pancras]
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ST. PANCRAS SANITARY DISTRICT.
Table 5a.
Showing the Number of Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases in the 10 years 1885 to 1894, and in the year 1895.
Disease. | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1850 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | Number of Deaths, Annual Average of 10 years, 1885-94 | Number ©f Deaths in 1805. | Tropor-tion of Deaths to 1000 total Deaths in 10 years, lb85-94r. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 total Deaths in 1895. |
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Small-pox | 63 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8.5 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.3 |
Measles | 190 | 127 | 145 | 206 | 86 | 131 | 69 | 229 | 149 | 86 | 143.8 | 217 | 29.6 | 45.3 |
Scarlet Fever | 31 | 26 | 58 | 52 | 28 | 27 | 32 | 67 | 101 | 44 | 46.6 | 51 | 9.2 | 10.6 |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 37 | 44 | 59 | 72 | 62 | 141 | 80 | 114 | 199 | 124 | 93.2 | 131 | 19.2 | 27.1 |
Whooping Cough | 144 | 120 | 199 | 142 | 108 | 140 | 155 | 147 | 103 | 111 | 136.9 | 86 | 28.2 | 17.9 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . |
Enteric Fever | 37 | 29 | 28 | 57 | 29 | 32 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 40 | 32.9 | 28 | 6.8 | 5.8 |
Simple Continued Fever | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1.0 | ... | 0.2 | .. |
Diarrhœa and Dysentery | .25 | 266 | 229 | 114 | 183 | 174 | 158 | 139 | 188 | 105 | 168.1 | 218 | 34.6 | 45.4 |
Totals | 629 | 616 | 719 | 645 | 498 | 616 | 522 | 724 | 773 | 518 | 629.0 | 732 | 129.5 | 152.7 |