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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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TABLE VI.
Death Rates from the Principal Zymotic Diseases per 1,000 persons living in 1897 in St. Martin-in-the-Fields and London.
| Diseases. | St. Martin-in-the-Fields. | London. |
|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | • • | 0.00* |
| Measles | 0.08 | 0.43 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.15 | 0.17 |
| Diphtheria | 0.23 | 0.50 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.38 | 0.41 |
| Typhoid Fever | 0.08 | 0.13 |
| Diarrhœa | 0.15 | 0.92 |
* This 0.00 indicates that the deaths were too few to give a rate of 0.005.