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 Kensington]
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Table J.
Showing the Number of Deaths in eleven years, 1861-71 ,from the principal Zymotic Diseases
DISEASE. | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | Total in 11 years. | Annual Average. | DISEASE. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | 2 | 0 | 49 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 120 | 251 | 22.8 | Small Pox |
Measles | 53 | 30 | 83 | 100 | 52 | 40 | 19 | 84 | 27 | 70 | 64 | 622 | 56.5 | Measles |
Scarlet Fever | 57 | 110 | 89 | 90 | 31 | 28 | 35 | 170 | 106 | 198 | 95 | 1009 | 91.7 | Scarlet Fever |
Diphtheria | Not separately registered | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 14 | 11 | 34 | 11.3 | Diphtheria | |||
Whooping Cough | 37 | 54 | 22 | 56 | 37 | 28 | 68 | 34 | 71 | 55 | 72 | 534 | 48.5 | WhoopingCough |
Fever | 32 | 51 | 54 | 60 | 77 | 33 | 46 | 52 | 42 | 46 | 48 | 541 | 49.1 | Fever |
Diarrhoea | 66 | 24 | 54 | 63 | 104 | 112 | 78 | 113 | 108 | 154 | 129 | 1005 | 91.3 | Diarrhœa |
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 12 | ... | Cholera |
Total | 247 | 269 | 351 | 374 | 319 | 259 | 276 | 457 | 369 | 545 | 542 | 4008 | 371 2 | Total. |