London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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) 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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Showing the Number of Deaths in this Ten Years, 1882 to 1893, from the Seven Principal Zymotic
Diseases, and the Number in 1894, etc.
| Disease. | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1S92 | 1893 | Annual average of 10 years, 1884 to 1893. | Proportion of deathsto 1,000 deaths in 10 years, 1884 to 1803. | 1894 | Proportion ofdeaths to 1000 drathsin 1894. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small.pox | 19 | 18 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Measles | 40 | 17 | 43 | 15 | 16 | 41 | 17 | 43 | 47 | 5 | 28.4 | 28.0 | 15 | 20.1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 15 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ... | 3 | 12 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 2 | 2.6 | |
| Diphtheria | 12 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13 | 17.4 |
| Whooping.Cough | 48 | 26 | 38 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 18 | 23.9 | 23.6 | 29 | 38.9 |
| Fever | 20 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 9.3 | 91 | 11 | 14.7 |
| Diarrhœa | 47 | 18 | 37 | 24 | 11 | 30 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 25 | 25.1 | 24.8 | 9 | 120 |
| Totals, St. Giles District | 201 | 106 | 137 | 108 | 66 | 114 | 85 | 113 | 104 | 91 | 112.5 | 1111 | 80 | 107.3 |
| Totals, London | 13,629 | 11,261 | 11,121 | 12,684 | 10,803 | 9,709 | 12,279 | 9,675 | 11,983 | 13,223 | . | — | — | — |
| Totals, England and Wales | 71,762 | 57,726 | 62,859 | 64,676 | 50,684 | 61,027 | 59,698 | 53,221 | 56,032 | 59,666 | - | - | — | — |