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 St. Giles District]
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TABLE No. 7.—Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 Years, 1864 to 1873, from the seven principal Zymotic
Diseases, and the number in 1874.
DISEASE. | 1864. | 1865. | 1866. | 1867. | 1868. | 1869. | 1870. | 1871. | 1872. | 1873. | Annual average of 10 years 1864 to 1873. | Proportion of Deaths to 1.000 Deaths in 10 years 1864 to 1873. | 1874. | proportion of Deaths to 1.000 Deaths in 1874. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
small Pox | 12 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 88 | 8 | ... | 19.2 | 13.14 | ... | ... | ||
Measles | 38 | 12 | 47 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 29 | 15 | 37 | 27 | 26.7 | 18.28 | 31 | 22.59 | ||
Scarlet Fever | 57 | 36 | 62 | 23 | 71 | 48 | 103 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 43.3 | 29.24 | 48 | 34.98 | ||
Diphtheria | 10 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6.2 | 4.66 | ||||
Whooping Cough . | 34 | 75 | 32 | 69 | 42 | 83 | 16 | 38 | 42 | 29 | 46.0 | 31.49 | 27 | 19.68 | ||
F ever | 82 | 112 | 48 | 41 | 18 | 37 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 29 | 43.3 | 29.65 | 54 | 39.36 | ||
Diarrhoea | 56 | 81 | 131 | 77 | 77 | 64 | 83 | 62 | 71 | 80 | 78.2 | 53.54 | 59 | 43.00 | ||
Total | 289 | 333 | 351 | 267 | 243 | 257 | 281 | 256 | 177 | 175 | 262.9 | 180.00 | 219 | 159.61 | ||
London | 16,029 | 14,272 | 14,761 | 11,660 | 14,925 | 17,413 | 16,476 | 19,455 | 12,699 | 11,376 | 14,906 | 196.17 | 11,230 | 146.59 | ||
England 1862 to 1872. | 1862. | 1863. | No return published. | 1862 to 71 | 1862 to 71 | No return published. | ||||||||||
73,270 | 98,490 | 96,279 | 92,030 | 82,692 | 72,587 | 97,352 | 91,380 | 100,497 | 103,801 | 91,743 | 90.838 | 186.36 |