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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) 1891
[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, 1881 to 1890, from the Seven Principal Zymotic
Diseases, and the Number in 1891, etc.
| Disease. | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | Annual average of 10 years, 1881 to 1890. | Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths in 10 years, 1881 to 1890. | 1891 | Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths in 1891. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 10 | 3 | ... | 19 | 18 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 5.1 | 4.7 | ... | ... |
| Measles | 22 | 41 | 31 | 40 | 17 | 43 | 15 | 16 | 41 | 17 | 28.3 | 26.8 | 43 | 39.3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 19 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10.9 | 10.3 | ... | ... | |
| Diphtheria | 6 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 13.8 | 13.0 | 11 | 10.0 |
| Whooping-Cough | 29 | 24 | 9 | 48 | 26 | 38 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 24.3 | 23.0 | 29 | 26.5 |
| Fever | 20 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 11 | 10.0 |
| Diarrhœa | 36 | 37 | 32 | 47 | 18 | 37 | 24 | 11 | 30 | 23 | 29.5 | 27.9 | 19 | 17.3 |
| Totals, St. Giles District | 142 | 156 | 127 | 201 | 106 | 137 | 108 | 66 | 114 | 85 | 124.2 | 117.8 | 113 | 103.4 |
| Totals, London | 13,811 | 13,553 | 10,801 | 13,629 | 11,261 | 11,121 | 12,684 | 10,803 | 9,709 | 12,279 | — | — | — | — |
| Totals, England and Wales | 58,239 | 69,734 | 58,972 | 71,762 | 57,726 | 62,859 | 64,676 | 50,684 | 61,027 | 59,698 | — | - | — | — |