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 V.
Shewing the Number of Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases, in the 10 years, 1873 to 1882, and in the year 1883.
Diseases. | 1873. | 1874. | 1875. | 1876. | 1877. | 1878. | 1879. | 1880. | 1881. | 1882. | Annual average of 10 years, 1873.1882. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1873.1882. | 1883. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1883. | |
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Small.pox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 84 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 55 | .. | 20.7 | 7.4 | 1 | .3 | |
Measles | 38 | 121 | 23 | 128 | 54 | 53 | 60 | 75 | 67 | 77 | 69.6 | 25.0 | 39 | 15.0 | |
Scarlet Fever | 10 | 32 | 83 | 59 | 31 | 77 | 51 | 105 | 38 | 62 | 54.8 | 19.6 | 28 | 10.7 | |
Diphtheria | 11 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 22 | 8 | 25 | 18.8 | 6.7 | 24 | 91 | |
Whooping Cough. | 44 | 45 | 107 | 124 | 34 | 185 | 93 | 95 | 85 | 119 | 93.1 | 33.4 | 44 | 16.9 | |
Fevers. | Typhus | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3.3 | .1 | 2 | .7 |
Enteric | 27 | 28 | 21 | 27 | 20 | 26 | 14 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 23.4 | 8.4 | 30 | 11.5 | |
Simple Continued | 8 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6.8 | 2.4 | 3 | 11 | ||
Diarrhœa | 145 | 112 | 107 | 126 | 99 | 181 | 71 | 128 | 101 | 61 | 1131 | 40.6 | 80 | 30.6 | |
Totals. | . Kensington . | 290 | 388 | 372 | 498 | 339 | 573 | 348 | 469 | 383 | 376 | 403.6 | 1436 | 251 | 959 |
London | 11385 | 11230 | 13411 | 12565 | 12292 | 14734 | 12256 | 13681 | 13811 | 13553 | 12891 | 160 | 10801 | 134 | |
England & Wales | 70402 | 88200 | 82332 | 75506 | 66558 | 84624 | 62020 | 82537 | 58239 | 69734 | 74015 | 142 | 58972 | 112 |