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Kensington 1877

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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TABLE V.

Showing the number of Deaths in 10 years, 1867-76, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, and the

number in 1877, &c.

Disease.1867186818691870187118721873187418751876Annual Average 10 years 1867—76Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1867—761877Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1877.
Smallpox2946812068100824.410.08432.0
Measles198427706443381212312861.725.55120.5
Scarlet Fever3517010619895291032835981.733.73111.7
DiphtheriaNot separately registered.91411141126231712.55.1103.8
Whooping Cough683471557277444510712469.728.83412.9
"Fever"4652424648424152293643.417.92710.3
Diarrhœa78113108154129110145112107126118.249.09937.8
Total, Kensington275457369545539383290388372498411.6170.0339129
Total, London11,66014,92517,41316,47619,45512,69911,38511,23013,41112,56514,12118512,365160
TOTAL, ENGLAND &WALES 1865-74*18661867186818691870187118721873187418751865-741865-7418751875
82,69272,58797,35290,380100,497103,80191,74389,28688,20082,00090,85618292,030150

* The Totals for England and Wales are for the ten years 1865—74, compared with 1875, the last year of publication