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St Luke 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Luke, Middlesex]

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Table: Fever Hospital of persons suffering from Smallpox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Enteric Fever, 1888-1897:—

Fever Hospital of persons suffering from Smallpox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Enteric Fever, 1888-1897:—

Years.Smallpox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtfieria.Enteric Fever.
Admissions.Deaths.Admissions.Deaths.Admissions.Deaths.Admissions.Deaths.
188866848815141115046173
18897—483737074027831142
1890254699152196531751895
189167856013601,330399759108
18923663813,6868502,02158443065
18932,54619015,3129182,853866544110
18941,22610811,8927253,6911,04153896
18959716511,8006013,688824661119
1896211816,6276744,58095660096
1897731315,5506285,726993664124

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Whooping Cough was the cause of 27 deaths, being a slight
increase upon the previous year, when 23 deaths were certified as
due to this cause. The deaths from this disease in London
numbered 1,842, being equal to a death-rate of 041 per 1,000
living, and, with a single exception, below the rate in any year
since 1883. The mean rate for the ten years 1887-96 having
been 0.59 per 1,000.
This not being a notifiable disease, I am unable to state the
amount of sickness due to it during the year.
Measles.—For the same cause as that mentioned in respect to
the last disease, the degree of prevalence of Measles can only be
judged by the number of deaths ascribed to it, but it is satisfactory
to note that it is credited with having caused only 34
deaths, against 32 for 1896 and 99 for 1895.
The Registrar-General's Report shows that Measles was the