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 V.—Showing the Number of Deaths in the Ten Years 1867 to 1876, from the Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases, and
the Number in 1877, &c.
Disease. | 1867. | 1868. | 1869. | 1870. | 1871. | 1872. | 1873. | 1874. | 1875. | 1876. | Annual average of 10 years, 1867 to 1876. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 10 years, 1867 to 1876. | 1877. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 1877. |
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Small Pox | 31 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 88 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 15.3 | 11.30 | 12* | 10. |
Measles | 20 | 23 | 19 | 29 | 15 | 37 | 27 | 31 | 15 | 24 | 24.0 | 17.73 | 51 | 42.64 |
Scarlet Fever | 23 | 71 | 48 | 103 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 48 | 31 | 40.5 | 29.92 | 16* | 13.37 |
Diphtheria | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | ... | "• | 2 | 3.7 | 2.73 | 3 | 2.50 |
Whooping-Cough | 69 | 42 | 83 | 16 | 38 | 42 | 29 | 27 | 49 | 31 | 42.6 | 31.47 | 12 | 10. |
"Fever" | 41 | 18 | 37 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 29 | 54 | 10 | 14 | 26.9 | 19.87 | 17* | 14.21 |
Diarrhoea | 77 | 77 | 64 | 83 | 62 | 71 | 80 | 59 | 53 | 55 | 68.1 | 50.31 | 49 | 40.96 |
Total, St. Giles Dist. | 267 | 243 | 257 | 281 | 256 | 177 | 175 | 219 | 175 | 161 | 221.1 | 163.33 | 160 | 133.7 |
Total, London | 11,660 | 14,925 | 17,413 | 16,476 | 19,455 | 12,699 | 11,376 | 11,230 | 13,410 | 12,696 | ||||
Total, England and Wales | 72,587 | 97,352 | 91,380 | 100,497 | 103,801 | 91,743 | 70,402 | 88,480 | 82,333 | |||||
* Includes Deaths of Parishioners in Hospitals situated out of the District. |