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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TABLE Y.
Showing the Number of Deaths in the Ten Years, 1887 to 1896, from the Seven Principal Zymotic
Diseases, and the Number in 1897, etc.
| Disease. | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | Annual average of ten years 1887 to 1896. | Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths 1887 to 1896. | 1897 | Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths in 1897. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 0.7 | 0.7 | - | - |
| Measles | 15 | 16 | 41 | 17 | 43 | 47 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 41 | 26.3 | 27.9 | 9 | 13.4 |
| Scarlet Fever | 20 | 4 | 4 | 8 | — | 3 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7 | 10.3 |
| Diphtheria | 24 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 14.2 | 15.0 | 6 | 8.8 |
| Whooping Cough | 21 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 18.2 | 19.3 | 18 | 26.6 |
| Fever | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 6 | 8.8 |
| Diarrhoea | 24 | 11 | 30 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 30 | 17 | 20.5 | 21.7 | 17 | 25.1 |
| Totals, St. Giles District | 108 | 66 | 114 | 85 | 113 | 104 | 101 | 80 | 77 | 87 | 93.5 | 98.3 | 63 | 93.1 |
| Totals, London | 12,684 | 10,803 | 9,709 | 12,279 | 9,675 | 11,983 | 13,223 | 11,544 | 11,544 | 14,100 | 11,754 | 139.1 | 11,525 | 142.4 |
| Totals, England and Wales | 64,676 | 50,684 | 61,027 | 59,698 | 53.221 | 56,032 | 73,499 | 52,771 | 64,901 | 66,936 60,344 | 111.1 | 67,051 | 123.8 | |