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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
St Giles (Camden) 1880
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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FABLE V.— Showing the Number of Deaths in the Ten Years, 1870 to 1879, from the Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases, ani
the Number in 1880, etc.
| Disease. | 1870. | 1871. | 1872. | 1873. | 1874. | 1875. | 1876. | 1877. | 1878. | 1879. | Annual average of 10 years, 1870 to 1879. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 10 years, 1870 to 1879. | 1880. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 1880. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-Pox | 15 | 88 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 12 | 13 | ... | 14.0 | 10.9 | 3* | 2.3 |
| Measles | 29 | 15 | 37 | 27 | 31 | 15 | 24 | 51 | 21 | 19 | 26.9 | 21.0 | 37+ | 29.1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 103 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 48 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 38 | 32.7 | 25.5 | 45++ | 35.4 |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 14§ | 11.0 |
| Whooping-Cough | 16 | 38 | 42 | 29 | 27 | 49 | 31 | 12 | 65 | 34 | 34.3 | 26.8 | 45¶ | 35.4 |
| lever | 31 | 26 | 9 | 29 | 54 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 22.1 | 17.2 | 7 | 5.5 |
| Diarrhoea | 83 | 62 | 71 | 80 | 59 | 53 | 55 | 49 | 50 | 22 | 58.4 | 45.6 | 39 | 25.2 |
| Totals, St. Giles District. | 281 | 256 | 177 | 175 | 219 | 175 | 161 | 160 | 184 | 129 | 191.7 | 149.9 | 190 | 149.8 |
| Totals, London | 16,476 | 19,455 | 12,699 | 11,376 | 11,230 | 13,410 | 12,696 | 12,412 | 14,734 | 12,256 | ||||
| Totals, | ||||||||||||||
| England and Wales, 10 years, 1869-78. | 100,497 | 103,801 | 91,743 | 89,286 | 88,200 | 82,332 | 75,506 | 66,558 | 84,624 | |||||
* Deaths of Parishioners removed to Stockwell and Fulham Hospitals.
+ Including death of a Parishioner removed to King's College Hospital.
+ Including deaths of Parishoners removed to Stockwell and Charing Cross Hospitals.
§ Including deaths of Parishioners at Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street.
¶Including death of Parishioner at Charing Cross Hospital.