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Kensington 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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TABLE V.

Showing the number of Deaths in ten years, 1869—78, from the principal Zymotic Diseases, and the number in 1879, &c.

Diseases.1869187018711872187318741875187618771878Annual Average 10 years 1869-78.Proportion of deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1869-78.1879Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths, 1879.
Small-pox68120681008842431.912.3247.6
Measles277064433812123128545362.124.06020.0
Scarlet Fever106198952910328359317772.027.75117.0
Diphtheria914111411262317102015.56.0269.0
Whooping Cough7155727744451071243418581.431.89331.1
"Fever"4246484241522936273339.615.3237.7
Diarrhœa10815412911014511210712699181127.149.27123.7
Totals, Kensington369545539383290388372498339573429.6166.3348116.1
Totals, London17,43116,47619,45512,66911,38511,23013,41112,56512,36514,73414,17518112,256143
TOTALS,* ENGLAND & WALES, 10 years, 1868—771868186918701871187218731874187518761877Average 10 years 1868-77.1868—7718781878
97,35290,380100,497103,80191,74389,28688,20082,33275,50666,55888,56517484,624156
* The Totals for England and Wales are for the ten years 1868-77, as compared with 1878, the latest year of publication.