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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
Paddington 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE V.
Table shewing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, in the 10 Years 1868 to 1877.
and in the Year 1878.
Disease.
1868.
1869.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
Annual
Average
of 10 years,
1868—1877.
Proportion of
Deaths to
1000 Deaths
in 10 years,
1868—1877.
1878.
Proportion
of Deaths to
1000 Deaths
in 1878.
Small pox
2
2
15
3
1.7
Measles
11
91
39
27
15.3
Scarlet Fever
108
35
32
42
23.8
Diphtheria
9
9
11
16
9.1
Whooping Cough
63
60
69
74
42.0
Fever
22
19
11
26*
15.3
Diarrhœa
68
70
50
52
29.5
Total, Paddington.
283
286
227
240
136.8
London
14,797
17,476
16,489
19,454
12,722
11,226
11,327
13,411
12,565
12,292
14,176
14,734
176.0
England & Wales
97,352
91,379
100,527
103,801
91,743
70,402
88,200
82,333
75,506
66,558
86,780
84,624
* Typhus, 1 ; Enteric (Typhoid), 21; simple continued Fever, 4.