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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 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster]

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Table: Table I., giving the death-rates from certain classes of disease in the district:—

Table I., giving the death-rates from certain classes of disease in the district:—

Years.Whole District.St. Margaret's.St. Johns.
1. Chief Zymotic Diseases18942.11.52.4
1895 18961.7 2.01.0 1.32.1 2.5
18972.10.92.9
2. Phthisis18942.32.32.4
1895 18962.0 2.11.6 1.82.2 2.3
18972.52.12.7
3. Pulmonary Diseases, including Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy18944.74.64.5
18955.65.35.7
18963.73.23.9
18972.92.83.0

Table: Table II.—Comparative Table of deaths from the principal zymotic diseases and deaths of infants under one year of age:—

Table II.—Comparative Table of deaths from the principal zymotic diseases and deaths of infants under one year of age:—

Years.1892.1893.1394.1895.1896.1897.
Deaths (Total)12971290100611549871005
Small Pox------
Measles77537231723
Scarlet Fever1825891014
Diphtheria & Membranous Croup441422152220
Whooping Cough201519132813
Typhus——————
Enteric Fever374310*5
Simple & ill-defined Fever—1————
Diarrhoea224311272840
Deaths of Infants under
one year of age233255180246209200
Deaths under one year to
every 1,000 Births re
gistered169188147192171161