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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

Westminster 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster]

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Table: Table V.,giving the death.rates from certain classes of disease in the district : —

Table V.,giving the death.rates from certain classes of disease in the district : —

Years.Whole District.St. Margaret's.St. John's.
1. Chief Zymotic diseases18942.11.52.4
18951.71.02.1
18962.01.32.5
18972.1092.9
18982.71.53.4
18991.40.71.8
19001.51.21.5
2. Phthisis18942.32.32.4
18952.01.62.2
18962.11.82.3
18972.52.12.7
18982.32.12.5
18993.11.83.8
19002.12.12.2

Table: Table VI.—Comparative Table of deaths from the principal zymotic diseases and deaths of infants under one year of age:—

Table VI.—Comparative Table of deaths from the principal zymotic diseases and deaths of infants under one year of age:—

Years.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.
Deaths (Total)12971290100611549871005109311741097
Small Pox—————————
Measles77537231723481721
Scarlet Fever1825891014651
Diphtheria & Membranous Croup44142215222020118
Whooping Cough20151913281337513
Typhus—————————
Enteric Fever374310510911
Simple & Ill-defined Fever—1———————
Diarrhoea224311272840263025
Deaths of infants under one year of age233255180246209200198229208
Deaths under one year to every 1,000 births registered169188147192171161182205196