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. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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TABLE V.
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DISEASE. | 1885. | 1886. | 1887. | 1888. | 1889. | 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | Annual Average of 10 Years. 1885 to 1894. | 1895. |
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Small-Pox | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | .5 | 1 |
Measles | 10 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 7.0 | 2 |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | — | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2.6 | 2 |
Diphtheria | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4.1 | 7 |
Whooping Cough | 7 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5.8 | 6 |
*Fever | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 1.9 | 1 |
Diarrhoea | 6 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4.8 | 3 |
Total | 33 | 37 | 24 | 33 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 29 | 14 | 26 | 26.7 | 22 |
* Under the head Fever, is included Typhus, Typhoid, Continued, Relapsing and Puerperal. |