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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) 1890
[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, 1880 to 1889, from the Seven Principal Zymotic
Diseases, and the Number in 1890, etc.
| Disease. | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | Annual average of 10 years, 1880 to 1889. | Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths in 10 years, 1880 to 1889. | 1890 | Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths in 1890. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 3 | 10 | 3 | ... | 19 | 18 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5.4 | 5.0 | ... | ... |
| Measles | 37 | 22 | 41 | 31 | 40 | 17 | 43 | 15 | 16 | 41 | 30.3 | 28.4 | 17 | 16.7 |
| Scarlet Fever | 45 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 8 | 7.8 |
| Diphtheria | 14 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 17 | 14.2 | 13.3 | 10 | 9.8 |
| Whooping-Cough | 45 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 48 | 26 | 38 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 27.1 | 25.4 | 17 | 16.7 |
| Fever | 7 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 10 | 9.8 |
| Diarrhœa | 39 | 36 | 37 | 32 | 47 | 18 | 37 | 24 | 11 | 30 | 31.1 | 29.1 | 23 | 22.6 |
| Totals, St. Giles District | 190 | 142 | 156 | 127 | 201 | 106 | 137 | 108 | 66 | 114 | 134.7 | 126.0 | 85 | 83.4 |
| Totals, London | 13,681 | 13,811 | 13,553 | 10,801 | 13,629 | 11,261 | 11,121 | 12,684 | 10,803 | 9,709 | — | — | — | — |
| Totals, England and Wales | 82,537 | 58,239 | 69,734 | 58,972 | 71,762 | 57,726 | 62,859 | 64,676 | 50,684 | 61,027 | — | — | — | — |