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Kensington 1878

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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TABLE V.

Showing the number of Deaths in 10 years, 1868-77, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, and the number in 1878, &c.

Disease.1868186918701871187218731874187518761877Annual Average 10 years 1868-77.Proportion of deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1868-77.1878Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths, 1878.
Smallpox4681206810088429.911.9243.8
Measles842770644338121231285465.226.15317.1
Scarlet Fever1701061989529103283593181.332.57724.6
Diphtheria*9141114112623171013.55.4206.4
Whooping Cough .347155727744451071243466.326.518559.8
"Fever"5242464842415229362741.516.13310.5
Diarrhœa11310815412911014511210712699120.349.218158.8
Total, Kensington457369545539383290388372498339418167.7573181.0
Total, London14,92517,43116,47619,45512,69911,38511,23013,41112,56512,36514,19218314,734175
TOTAL, ENGLAND & "WALES, For 10 years,1867—76*1867186818691870187118721873187418751876Average 1867 76 10 years.1867—7618771877
72,58797,35290,380100,497103,80191,74389,28688,20082,33275,50689,16817866,558133

* Not separately registered.
†ke Totals for England and Wales are for the ten years 1867-76, compared with. 1877, the latest year of publication.