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

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Limehouse 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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TABLE V.

Shewing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases in the 10 years 1869 to 1878, and in the year 1879.

Disease.1869187018711872187318741875187618771878Annual Average 01 10 years. 1869—1878.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 10 years. i 1869—1878.1879Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 1879.
Smallpox2934110830013896334.925.121.3
Measles2712304065362036713136.826.54931.5
Scarlet Fever152431819191054843201648.334.87145.7
Diphtheria94424414594.63.3117.0
Whooping Cough8944474970307931478156.740.94327.6
Fever1221181319261522222118.913.61811.5
Diarrhœa6573676485457765666467.148.34428.3
Total383231294195265246240214320285267.3192.5238152.9
London174311647619455126991138511230134111256512365147341417518112256143