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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Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years 1864—1873, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, and the number in 1874, &c.
Disease. | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | Annual Average 10 years, 1864—1873. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1864—1873. | 1874 | Propor tion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1874. |
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Smallpox | 5 | 18 | 10 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 120 | 68 | 1 | 26.9 | 12.5 | 121 | 45 |
Measles | 100 | 52 | 40 | 19 | 84 | 27 | 70 | 64 | 43 | 38 | 53.7 | 25.3 | 32 | 11.8 |
Scarlet Fever | 90 | 31 | 28 | 35 | 170 | 106 | 198 | 95 | 29 | 10 | 79.2 | 37.1 | 26 | 9.6 |
Diphtheria | Not separately registered. | 9 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 5.9 | 2.7 | ||||||
Whooping Cough. | 56 | 37 | 28 | 68 | 34 | 71 | 55 | 72 | 77 | 44 | 54.2 | 25.3 | 45 | 16.7 |
Fever | 60 | 77 | 33 | 46 | 52 | 42 | 46 | 48 | 42 | 41 | 48.7 | 22.8 | 52 | 19.3 |
Diarrhœa | 63 | 104 | 112 | 78 | 113 | 108 | 154 | 129 | 110 | 145 | 111.6 | 52.3 | 112 | 41.6 |
Total, Kensington | 374 | 319 | 251 | 275 | 457 | 369 | 545 | 539 | 383 | 290 | 380.2 | 178.0 | 388 | 144 |
Total, London | 16,029 | 14,272 | 14,761 | 11,660 | 14,925 | 17,413 | 16,476 | 19,455 | 12,699 | 11,385 | 14,907 | 198 | 11,230 | 147 |
Total. England & Wales 1862—1871*) | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1862—71 | 1872 | 1872 | 1872 |
73,220 | 98,490 | 96,279 | 92,030 | 82,692 | 72,587 | 97,352 | 90,380 | 100,497 | 103,801 | 90,732 | 188 | 91,743 | 188 |
* The Totals for England and Wales are for 10 years 1862—1871, compared with the year 1872, the latest year of publication at the present time.