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 Paddington]
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TABLE V.
Table showing. the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, in the 10 Years 1867 to 1876,
and in the Year 1877.
Disease. | 1867. | 1868. | 1869. | 1870. | 1871. | 1872. | 1873. | 1874. | 1875. | 1876. | Annual Average of 10 years, 1867—1876. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1867—1876. | 1877. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1877. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small pox | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8.8 | ||||||||||
Measles | 11 | 91 | 39 | 22.9 | ||||||||||
Scarlet Fever | 108 | 35 | 32 | 18.8 | ||||||||||
Diphtheria | 9 | 9 | 11 | 6.4 | ||||||||||
Whooping Cough | 63 | 60 | 69 | 40.4 | ||||||||||
Fever | 22 | 19 | 11 | 64 | ||||||||||
Diarrhœa | 68 | 70 | 50 | 29.3 | ||||||||||
Total, Paddington. | 283 | 286 | 227 | 133.1 | ||||||||||
London | 11,817 | 14,797 | 17,476 | 16,489 | 19,454 | 12,722 | 11,226 | 11,327 | 13,411 | 12,565 | 14,128 | 185 | 12,292 | 160 |
England & Wales | 72,587 | 97,352 | 91,379 | 100,527 | 103,801 | 91,743 | 70,402 | 88,200 | 82,333 | 75,506 | 87,383 | 173 | Not published. |