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, 1872 to 1881, from the Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases, and the Number in 1882, etc.
| DlSKASE. | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | Annual Average of 10 years 1872 to 1881. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 10 years, 1872 to 1881. | 1882 | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 1882. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-Pox | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 12 | 13 | ... | 3 | 10 | 50 | 40 | 3 | 2.9 |
| Measles | 37 | 27 | 31 | 15 | 24 | 51 | 21 | 19 | 37 | 22 | 28.4 | 23.0 | 41† | 40.6 |
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 8 | 48 | 48 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 38 | 45 | 19 | 26.8 | 21.7 | 14‡ | 13.8 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 21 § | 20.7 |
| Whooping-Cough | 42 | 29 | 27 | 49 | 31 | 12 | 65 | 34 | 45 | 29 | 36.3 | 29.4 | 24 | 23.7 |
| Fever | 9 | 29 | 54 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 19.1 | 15.4 | 16¶ | 15.8 |
| Diarrhoea | 71 | 80 | 59 | 53 | 55 | 49 | 50 | 22 | 39 | 36 | 51.4 | 41.7 | 37 | 36.6 |
| Totals, St. Giles District | 177 | 175 | 219 | 175 | 161 | 160 | 184 | 129 | 190 | 142 | 171.2 | 138.6 | 156 | 154.0 |
| Totals, London | 12,699 | 11,376 | 11,230 | 13,410 | 12,696 | 12,412 | 14,734 | 12,256 | 13,681 | 13,906 | ||||
| Totals, England and Wales | 91,743 | 70,402 | 88,480 | 82,333 | 96,660 | 67,446 | 82,473 | 62,020 | 82,537 | 58,239 |
* No Deaths were Registered in the District, but 3 Parishioners died from it in Stockwell and Homerton Hospitals,
f Including a Death in King's College Hospital.
j Including a Death in Stockwell Hospital.
§ Including Deaths in Charing Cross, King's College, and the Childrens' Hospital.
Including Deaths in Charing Cross and Stockwell Hospitals.
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