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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) 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]

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Table: TABLE V.Showing the Number of Deaths in the Ten Years, 1888 to 1897, from the Seven Principal ZymoticDiseases, and the Number in 1898, etc.

TABLE V.

Showing the Number of Deaths in the Ten Years, 1888 to 1897, from the Seven Principal Zymotic

Diseases, and the Number in 1898, etc.

Disease.1888188918901891189218931894189518961897Annual average of ten years 1888 to 1897.Propor- tion of deaths to 1,000 deaths 1888 to 1897.1898Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths in 1898.
Small-pox-----411--0.60.6--
Measles16411743475151341924.726.52634.8
Scarlet Fever448—31225775.20.222.6
Diphtheria11171011172113135612.40.668.0
Whooping Cough1714172911182913131817.90.9912.0
Fever78101196112467.40.556.7
Diarrhoea113023191725930171719.822.52229.4
Totals, St. Giles District6611485113104918077876388.071.07093.8
Totals, London10,8039,70912,2799,67511,98313,22311,54411,54414,10011,525
Totals. England and Wales50,68461,02759,69853,22156,03273,49952,77164,90166,93667,051