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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 Olave 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Olave]

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12
Zymotic Diseases.
The number of deaths from the seven principal Zymotic
Diseases was less than half that of the preceding year.

Table: The following Table gives a comparison of the two years:—

The following Table gives a comparison of the two years:—

1896.1897.
Small-pox—-
Measles156
Scarlet Fever52
Diphtheria92
Whooping Cough138
Fever (Typhoid, &c.)11
Diarrhoea, Dysentery, and Cholera117
Totals5426

Table: The deaths of Londoners from these Diseases were:—

The deaths of Londoners from these Diseases were:—

1896.1897.1897.
1st Qr.2nd Qr.3rd Qr.4th Qr.
Small-pox91612220
Measles3,6971,9281622983021,166
Scarlet Fever942781166151216248
Diphtheria2,6832,262641428488705
Whooping Cough2,9371,841543471373454
Fever6095931278511237
Diarrhœa3,2234,1041791953,510220
Total14,10011,5251,8:301,6305,0353,030