London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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

Lewisham 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: TABLE V.Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years, 1869 to 1878, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases,and the number in 1879.

TABLE V.

Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years, 1869 to 1878, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases,and the number in 1879.

Disease.1869.1870.1871.1872.1873.1874.1875.1876.1877.1878.Annual Average of 10 years, 1869—1878.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 111 years, 1869—1878.1879.Proportion of Death to 1000 Deaths in 1879.
Smallpox111750001363.33.700.00
Measles143269112553461314616.7323322
Scarlet Fever407025391061130143227.731.81111.42
Diptheria7881074811487.58.64415
Whooping Cough2714163519251744184726.230.12424.92
Fever282217149152320221018020.699.34
Diarrhœa154841362939404539 |4137342.81414.53
Total13216615014885114104185106156134.6154.69497.61
London1747616489194541272211385112201341112565122921822014523.4186.312310143.90
Total Deaths from all causes7808277634804307135575459766068151377411770028369577918.7......85540......
England and Wales913791005271038019174368057850947925973217644548247384000.4163.660157113.89
Total Deaths from all causes494828515329514879492265492320526701546317510308500348539574513286.9......328194......