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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Westminster 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster]
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Table II. —Comparative Table of deaths from the principal zymotic diseases and deaths of infants under one year of age:—
| YEARS. | 1892 | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths (Total) | 1297 | 1290 | 1006 | 1154 | 987 | 1005 | 1093 |
| Small Pox | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 77 | 5 | 37 | 23 | 17 | 23 | 48 |
| Scarlet Fever | 18 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 6 |
| Diphtheria & Membranous Croup | 44 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 22 | 20 | 20 |
| Whooping Cough | 20 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 28 | 13 | 37 |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 10 |
| Simple & ill-defined Fever | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diarrhoea | 22 | 43 | 11 | 27 | 28 | 40 | 26 |
| Deaths of Infants under one year of age | 233 | 255 | 180 | 246 | 209 | 200 | 198 |
| Deaths under one year to every 1,000 Births registered | 169 | 188 | 147 | 192 | 171 | 161 | 182 |