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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) 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE V.
| Disease. | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | Annual average of 10 years, 1879 to 1888. | Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths in 10 years, 1879 to 1888. | 1889 | Proportion of death? to 1,000 deaths in 1889. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | ... | 3 | 10 | 3 | ... | 19 | 18 | ... | 1 | ... | 5.4 | 4.9 | ... | ... |
| Measles | 19 | 37 | 22 | 41 | 31 | 40 | 17 | 43 | 15 | 16 | 28.1 | 25.6 | 41 | 45.3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 38 | 45 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 18.0 | 16.4 | 4 | 4.4 | |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 14 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 12.9 | 11.7 | 17 | 18.8 |
| Whooping.-Cough | 34 | 45 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 48 | 26 | 38 | 21 | 17 | 29.1 | 26.5 | 14 | 15.4 |
| F'ever | 12 | 7 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 12.4 | 11.3 | 8 | 8.8 |
| Diarrhosa | 22 | 39 | 36 | 37 | 32 | 47 | 18 | 37 | 24 | 11 | 30.3 | 27.6 | 30 | 33.1 |
| Totals, St. Giles District | 129 | 190 | 142 | 156 | 127 | 201 | 106 | 137 | 108 | 66 | 136.2 | 124.2 | 114 | 126.1 |
| Totals, London | 12 256 | 13,681 | 13,811 | 13,553 | 10,801 | 13,629 | 11,261 | 11,121 | 12,684 | |||||
| Totals, England and Wales ... | 62,020 82,537 | 58,239 | 69,734 | 58,972 | 71,762 | 57,726 | 62,859 | 64,676 | ||||||