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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Showing Mortality from certain Classes of Diseases and Proportions to Population and to 1,000 Deaths, 1883, viz.
Diseases. | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 of Population. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|
1. Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases | 127 | 2.7 | 108.5 |
2. Pulmonary | 273 | 5.8 | 233.3 |
3. Tubercular | 170 | 3.6 | 145.2 |
4. Wasting Diseases of Infants (under 5) | 95 | 2.0 | 81.1 |
5. Convulsive Diseases of Infants (under 5) | 70 | 1.4 | 59.8 |
NOTES.
1. Includes Small-pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria,
Whooping-cough, Fever, and Diarrhoea.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
4. Includes Atrophy, Debility, Want of Breast Milk, and
Premature Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis,
sions, and Teething.