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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
Limehouse 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]
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TABLE IV.
Table shewing the Number of Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases, in the 10 years, 1886 to
1895, and in the year 1896.
| Disease. | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | Annual Average of 10 years, 1886-1895. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1886—1895. | Total Deaths in 1896. | Prprtn. of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1896. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | — | - | - | — | — | - | — | 7 | 1 | 1 | .9 | .0 | - | .0 | |
| Measles | 39 | 58 | 88 | 20 | 92 | 14 | 63 | 16 | 72 | 81 | 54.3 | 36.5 | 49 | 35.3 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 23 | 27 | 23 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 27 | 31 | 41 | 17 | 23.6 | 15.8 | 14 | 10.1 | |
| Diphtheria | 7 | 10 | 23 | 41 | 25 | 15 | 28 | 62 | 42 | 41 | 29.4 | 19.7 | 35 | 25.2 | |
| Membranous Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .0 | .0 | 2 | 1.4 | |
| Whooping Cough | 56 | 65 | 58 | 23 | 70 | 59 | 59 | 49 | 28 | 42 | 50.9 | 34.2 | 52 | 37.5 | |
| Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .0 | .0 | 5 | 3.6 | |
| Fever | Typhus | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | .2 | .0 | — | .0 |
| Enteric | 18 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 6 | — | 16 | 6 | 10 | 10.4 | 6.9 | 3 | 2.1 | |
| Simple contn'd | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | 1.2 | .8 | — | .0 | |
| Puerprl | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .0 | .0 | 1 | .7 | |
| Diarrhæa | 80 | 67 | 27 | 47 | 52 | 49 | 27 | 56 | 22 | 49 | 47.6 | 32.0 | 40 | 28.8 | |
| Totals | 224 | 239 | 228 | 173 | 268 | 148 | 210 | 238 | 212 | 241 | 218 | 146 | 201 | 144.7 | |