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 the Number of Deaths in the Ten Years, 1873 to 1882, from the Seven Principal Zymotic
Diseases, and the Number in 1883, etc.
Diskase. | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 18711 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | Annual Average of 10 years. 1873 to 1882. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 10 years, 1873 to 1882. | 1883 | Proportion of Denths to 1,000 Deaths in 1883. |
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Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 12 | 13 | ... | 3 | 10 | 3 | 4.5 | 3.7 | ... | ... |
Measles | 27 | 31 | 15 | 24 | 51 | 21 | 19 | 37 | 22 | 41 | 28.8 | 23.8 | 31 | 26.4 |
Scarlet Fever | 8 | 48 | 48 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 38 | 45 | 19 | 14 | 27.7 | 22.9 | 16 | 13.6 |
Diphtheria | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 21 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 19 | 16.2 |
Whooping-cough | 29 | 27 | 49 | 31 | 12 | 65 | 34 | 45 | 29 | 24 | 34.5 | 28.5 | 9 | 7.6 |
Fever | 29 | 54 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 16 | 19.8 | 16.4 | 20 | 17.0 |
Diarrhœa | 80 | 59 | 53 | 55 | 49 | 50 | 22 | 39 | 36 | 37 | 48.0 | 39.7 | 32 | 27.3 |
Totals, St. Giles District | 175 | 219 | 175 | 161 | 160 | 184 | 129 | 190 | 142 | 156 | 169.1 | 139.8 | 127 | 108.5 |
Totals, London | 11,385 | 11,230 | 13,411 | 12,565 | 12,292 | 14,734 | 12,256 | 13,681 | 13,811 | 13,553 | 128,918 | |||
Totals, England and Wales | 70,402 | 88,200 | 82,332 | 75,506 | 66,558 | 84,624 | 62,020 | 82,537 | 58,239 | 69,734 | 74,015 |